September 10th 2017,

Hi Champ,
More than two years now than we lost each other. You know, it has not been one single day since then, where I didn’t think about you. We were so close, spending all our days together, doing all kind of activities, just having fun. I even miss picking you up in school!
You know, I didn’t loose only my son, but my best friend. You were my life, you know that. I’m sure you remember what I used to tell you all the time since you were a little child “ anything you do, be sure that I can always see you, so you’ll be safe”. Well, I’m not here to watch you anymore, so please try to be cautious on your own.
But what is the most difficult for me, is that I don’t know anything about what you’re doing, where you are, how you are.
How did your summer go? How is school? You have just started now and I hope everything will be ok with your new teachers. I’m sure that you are still a great student like you have always been, but it will get tougher every year now. You know, sometimes I miss helping you, especially in Maths. You remember the first rule, right?
Did you make good friends in your new school?
What about Marco in Bighorn? Are you still best friends? And what about the little Leo, did he grow? He was so cute.
Are you still following the tennis? Rafa is playing the final today at the US Open. He’s playing great again! What about you, still playing tennis. If you are, you should be great too now. Who knows if I could still beat you!!? I don’t think so!
What about golf? You’ll beat me for sure now, you already did it before!!
I miss you so much Champ. I miss talking to you, I miss playing with you and more than everything…. I miss squeezing you in my arms, like I used to do.
Each time I do something nice, when I travel and discover new places, or simply return to places where we have been together, I just would like you to be with me. Nothing is the same without you. All that time spent together, and you know that I enjoyed everything, can’t just be forgotten. All these beautiful memories with you are still here with me.
Raising you has been the best thing I have done in my life.
What I hope the most, is to be able to see you again soon, and even more than that, that you’re doing well and will continue to do well in the future.
You were a great child and you’ll become a great person, I’m sure. I’m just so sad not to be able to be part of it, now that you’ll really need me.
I love you so much.
Your dad,
Patrick