In loving memory of my beloved father, Thomas C. Collins who passed away one year ago today.

No words I write can ever say how much I miss you every day. As time goes by the loneliness grows; how I miss you, no one knows.

I think of you in silence and often speak your name but all I have are memories and photos in a frame.

No one knows my sorrow, no one sees me weep but the love I have for you is in my heart to keep.

I’ve never stopped loving you I’m sure I never will, deep inside my heart, you are with me still.

The things we feel so deeply are often the hardest to say but I can’t keep quiet anymore so I’ll tell you anyway.

There is a place in my heart that no one can fill, I love you, Dad, and I always will.