WE LOVE YOU DADDY...R.I.P

It’s been a year now daddy, but it doesn’t seem that long,
It seems like just yesterday you were singing me that little bedtime song.
Oh daddy, I miss you so much,
I mostly miss your warm embracing touch.
I think about you every single day.
And now I have a few things to say…
Anna’s starting kindergarten this year her teacher is really nice,
And Kris went to the principal’s office way more than twice.
Mom just bought Bernie a new car,
And Jen’s cooking business is taking her far.
Julie made the captain of the cheerleading team,
And Lexy finally perfected her cart wheel on the balancing beam.
Nicole is starting middle school,
And Denis is a lifeguard at the local pool.
Gabby got accepted to that one school of art,
And David’s only 4 and he’s actually pretty smart. = )
Ria spends all her time at the mall,
And me, well, I made point guard in J.V. basketball.
I know you don’t like it when I cry, but I’ve tried to hold it in I swear,
But it’s all this pain and sorrow going around that I just can’t bare.
When you passed, that was the day of Denis’s championship football game and he thought you forgot,
But when mom went to pick him up she told him you got shot.
Denis was the first to know,
Oh daddy why’d you have to go?
So when mom came home with Denis, she told us you had died
And all twelve of us…your kids just sat there and cried.
I was thinking in my head…I hope the man that shot you burns in hell!
And whoever helped him goes as well.
Everyone thought that it would be impossible to take care of all twelve of us,
But she’s doing fine…but ever since you left she picked up the habit to cuss.
Momma still cries at night alone on her bed,
But just so she’s not lonely we used to just cuddle with her…but now we sing her your song instead.
Still, the fact remains that no one can do or say…
Anything to make all the pains go away.
Daddy when it happened you were so young,
And you’re twelfth child’s life had only begun.
Well I guess you can see us from…you know…up there,
And we’ll all be thinking of you every place we go, no matter where.
Mom says your happier now…
But I don’t understand you’re happier? How?
Well I do understand that you’re no longer in pain,
And as you said…”throughout life we will all lose some and gain…”
Well daddy I think it’s time for me to go…
And I hope you’re watching over us from…you know
Dad we just want you to know we’ll never not be thinking of you…ever,
And we all love you so much…FOREVER.

-this poem is dedicated to my daddy who died just a year ago…it was written by his 12 kids…not kidding…from oldest to youngest: Kristian (Kris-twin1)…Denis (Denis-twin2)…Jennifer (Jen)…Bernadette (Bernie)… Gabrielle (Gabby)...Juliana (Julie)… Alexis (Lexy-twin1)…Kym (me-twin 2)…Nicole (Nicole)…Riana (RIA)…Anna (Anna)…David (David)…..my dad’s 12 wonderful children “12 may seem like a lot but 12 is just a number…”- quoted by my Daddy….WE LOVE YOU DADDY!!!! R.I.P