Dear Daddy, I really miss you! I wish you were here during my graduation in May, to see me off to Taiwan in a few days, and to go to my white coat ceremony next year. I know you would be so proud to see me start my MD/PhD program at Harvard!
Mom and I are doing better now so don’t worry about us. We still do miss you terribly every day. A few days ago, I put up the car sticker for medical school next to the one you put for Yale five years ago. I couldn’t quite figure out how you fixed yours inside the car window, but I did my best. You would have been so happy to put it up and would have done a much better job. This is just one small instance of many instances where I try my best to fill in the roles you left behind. But sometimes I know, I’ll never live up to everything you were to us.
It’s been almost three years since you’ve been gone. I will forever treasure the memories of us - in the long car rides back from art class, eating sunflower seeds together after dinner, at the top of the Grand Canyon on our summer family vacation to California. There is not a single day that goes by I do not think of you. For everything I do and experience, I wonder if you’d be happy, proud, or disappointed. You and the memories of you will forever live in my heart.
I will always remember your lessons and teachings in every step of my future life and career - to be dedicated, always caring, and reliable. I will do my best to be the daughter you always hoped I would be. I love you and miss you so very much!