William Howard JOSEPH Jr.

Happy birthday dad! Hard to believe you are 65, and even harder to believe it has been 10 years since mom and I saw your face. Not a day goes by without me wishing I could share something with you. I know mom misses you so much, it breaks my heart to think that she may never have someone as kind and devoted as you. I imagine she must feel so lonely inside, although she pretends everything is fine. I always imagined the three of us together at these stages of life, but the universe had other...

Happy birthday, dad! You are 64 years young today! It is hard to make sense of you being gone for 9 years, impossible to think of you in the past tense. It reminds me of a conversation we had when I was about 20 and you 40. You told me that my 20s would disappear in a blur, my 30s would be gone before I knew it, and one day I would wake up in my 40s wondering how all of this is possible. At the time, life seemed endless. But now at 43, I understand exactly what you were saying. There is...

Happy 63rd Birthday, Dad! The years fly by but the missing you remains constant. The more time I spend of this Earth, the more I realize how lucky mom and I were to be loved by someone like you. A true gem, a diamond in the rough. I watch all of our sports games (Michigan looking good these days GO BLUE), but it's not the same without your updates and silly antics. Enjoy it out there swirling around and laughing with Mother Earth, I'll see you around. I love you, Dad! Love Laura

I always welcome Spring, it is my favorite time of year watching flowers bloom and dragonflies swarm. It is in this contentment, with all of life so abundantly fecund, that I know you remain in everything and everything remains in you! 7 years of everlasting life and counting! Love you so much, dad! Love Laura

The years are flying by, 6 years now. There isn't anything I wouldn't do to have you here. Sometimes I wonder if you really knew how special you were, and I wish I would've told you more often just to be sure you truly believed it. They just don't make them like you anymore dad, and the world will never be the same for having known your kind spirit. Thank you for being a shining light in a world of darkness, I love you.

Love Laura

Not a day goes by without thinking of you. Love and miss you dad so much. 5 years has gone by so fast, still doesn't seem real.

I can't believe its been four years, so much to tell you.

I love you little brother and miss your smile you were a kind loving man.

Dad, you are the most kindhearted and humble man I have ever known and I am so grateful to have been loved by someone so amazing. You have been nothing but devoted to mom and I, always remaining true, never faltering. I miss you and love you so much more than I could ever articulate. However, I find solace in knowing you are everywhere and in everything. Each time a bird sings, with every rolling wave that reaches the seashore at my feet, I receive the most comforting hug from the nature for...