Papa,
I can't believe I'm writing this. That you wont read it, that I wont see you again. I can't believe it.
There is no doubt that the world has lost a brilliant soul. Your achievements in your 47 short years will make anyone speechless, but it is not for these tinkering talents that I will miss or remember you by. It is the way you loved and cared so deeply for those close to you. Sam was only 2 when you enter our lives, and it was in this love affair that I see your heart most.
I have never seen anyone more eager for a child's love than you, with Sam. You were involved in everything in his little life, and loved him instantly. No child was ever so lucky to have such a brilliant team of yin and yang to raise them with such love and variety of life as Sam and Viv have been. My heart aches for those left to miss you; and to Nell, and the kids, there is no end to how sorry I am you have to live this.
Thank you for loving me Papa, for being the first person to show me the bigger world, how to drive stick, my first sail, how to add milk to your coffee ice-cream for absolute desert heaven, how to be a more savvy interweber, how to properly make a cappuccino, and so much more.
You will be so missed, always.
"Dinsey