It's been 4 years since you left us and yet the hurt and loss are still so fresh. It isn't any easier today to wake up without you, to go through a day without seeing your smiling face, feeling your big arms wrapped around me, or watching you play and laugh with our kids. Their hurt is still huge and they are faced daily with situations that make them painfully aware that you're gone. My heart is broken, but it continues to break for them, as they are forced to grow up without their Daddy. They are amazing kids David, and so many times I see you in them. They are living life to the fullest possible in spite of their huge loss. Know that I will do my best to continue to raise them to be the people you and I dreamed of raising them to be. I pledge my life to them, as I did to you. Although it is not our choice, we will do our best to continue on without you, but we will never like it, and we will never forget you. You are forever a part of us. Today, as every day, we will be thinking of you and sending our love to you in Heaven and missing you beyond words. XXOO