well we knew we had the good things but those never seemed to last. oh please, just last.

from my dad, received this morning:
<What time is your gathering this evening?
Yesterday, I spoke with Laney...she almost made me misty when she was speaking of you (just because of the nice things she was saying and in part, thinking about how the things she said contrast some of the difficulties she has experienced w/Mallory...). She talked about how you have become a beautiful woman, not just physically beautiful, but also by the confidence and poise you carry yourself with - she described your presence as radiant. (...I'm misty again, because it's true!)
ILYxo>>

Merry Christmas, Dad.
I'm who I am because of you.
<3.