Dear Daddy,         

This is the first letter I could bring myself to write because there has been so much going on. I am happy that you remembered that I turned thirteen years old; the card that you sent me was beautiful. This is my last year of middle school and I will be going onto high school. I spend most of the time at jazz choir working on my singing. We are going away to competition in Ohio this April. Have you ever been to an amusement park before? When we go to Ohio we will go to king’s island theme park; I love roller coasters. I miss you very much not a day goes by where I do not think about you. Mommy tries to take care of us and spend all of her time at work to make sure we have a good future. It is not bad living here at my grandparents; I am even making friends with girls who live up the block.                                                                                               

Dear Dad, 

  I am fourteen now; these years pass slowly without you, but I try not to think about you anymore. I am in ninth grade and I go to school with Brian; he gets into a lot of trouble. Do you know that he does drugs with his friends I see him hanging around with bad people all the time. But he helped me on my first day so I don’t want ot really get him into trouble with mommy. Hes not doing well in school and he might even....                                                              

Dear Father,

  I am fifteen today, and four years have gone by since you left. I wish I could tell you all the horrible events that have occurred since you left. I read your letter and you said I should be more kind to my mother. But obviously you have no clue about what has really happened. We have been seeing this counselor for quite sometime and she is Satan herself. She yells at me all the time and forces me to do work around her yard. . I have no friends and I know that I will always be lonely because I am not allowed to hang out. I am forced to go to church every Sunday and go on vacation with this woman. I am angry that you are not here for me after all this time. How could you leave me behind and be so selfish. I have so much hatred and sadness now that time has passed

Father,

 I am glad that you worry about me, it makes me feel as if I am special. If I had read this letter earlier I would have responded then. But its taken me three years to write you this last letter. I would have taken the advice you had given me and I would not be where I am now. I will tell you that you do not need to try so hard to get my attention. I will love you no matter who you are, where you are and how you got there. That is because you are my father and I am your daughter, this will never change. I have many regrets that I cannot take back because it is already too late for me.