Letter to Lina

Written to my little girl on Friday, June 23, 2006, what was supposed to be her due date.


My Dear, Precious Lina,

My precious little Lina, there is so much I want to say to you. Today we were supposed to meet for the first time. I was supposed to be holding you close to my chest today on the happy day of your arrival. Telling you I am your daddy and that I love you so much! Instead I am writing you this letter, hoping that your and my Father in Heaven will deliver my words to you across the gap of this life and the next that separates us. I am writing on paper anointed (ask your Father in Heaven what that word means if you don't know) by my tears of grief and sadness over not getting to be with you. I love you so much Lina! If I would've been given the blessing of being with you and raising you in this life, I'm pretty sure God would've had to teach me to worship Him alone, because I would have worshipped the ground you walked (or crawled) on.

Lina, I have so much more to say to you, but for now just know I love you dearly and miss you terribly with all my heart. I don't know exactly when and all the details of how it's going to happen, but there is coming a day when our Father is going to reunite us. Everyday brings us closer to when I will hold you close like I want to be doing today.

With all my love I write to you Lina Estelle,

Daddy