We can't believe that it has already been a year since you left to become an angel. The emptiness and pain of losing you has been felt everyday. If you were still here today, we would not stop hugging you. We would tell you how great of a grandpa you are, how great of a dad you are, how much we appreciate your homemade meals, how thankful we are to have you so involved in our lives, and that we love you beyond words. The day you passed our lives changed. In fact, the whole world changed. Our families' strong unbreakable chain, that you helped create, is now missing a very valuable link. We hold on to your words of wisdom and your love to help us keep it together. "Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day... unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear."