Blessings Be With You

 

With deepest gratitude for you
for your Love and wisdom
and for friendship, loyalty and mentorship,
honesty and integrity, patience
and especially for truth-telling.
 
I was always inspired by your creativity,
sheer inventiveness, and practicality 
with vision, planning and perspective,
discernment, guidance, humor and goodness.
 
You led the way, with ideas, insights,
fairness, commitment and trustworthiness.
 
It was your kindness, caring, helpfulness,
the resilience, courage and bravery
in so many physical and emotional challenges,
which was always illuminating to me,
who came along to see 
your faithfulness and generosity of spirit.
 
You were always such a good character,
with empathy and perception.
Many friends valued your listening ear,
and you were certainly deeply loved.
 
I wish I called you Dad for longer.
I miss you so farewell for now,
with my warm embrace, 

affection and fondest love. 
May peace and all blessings be with you.