Dear Dad,
Hi Dad. How are you? I hope you’re doing just fine. I hope you’re happy. I hope you had everything you’ve been looking for. Everything that paid all of your good deed.
It’s been 12 years since I see you for the last time. And I miss you. Many things change since you’re not here. Mom misses you too. So does Molly. She often asked me where did you go. And when will you come back.
Dad, you told me to be a man. And a man never cries except for the he loves. But dad, everytime she asked me that, I would still have a lump in my throat. We misses you, dad. Molly cries sometimes. And I told her to make a letter for you. She did. And she gave it to me. She doesn’t know where to put the address. She asked me and I told her not to write any address. And then we take a walk to the nearest post box. Her eyes would shining happily as she jumped to put the letter in the box.
Mom and I don’t have the heart to tell her about where you are. I know you might don’t like that, but we will tell her, when she’s older. Mom doesn’t know how to put the act anymore.
I’m in college now, dad. Molly is in Highshcool. She has grown so much. So do I. I’m taking music for my main in college. I really fell in love with it. I have a band and we’re doing great. We have a gig for every month, playing on the pub and café, we even made some songs by our own. I’m the lead guitar and the singer. I’m glad I have your amazing talent in singing. Music could make me feel…. Connected to you. I even made a song for you, dad. What surprised me is that the song reach the second place for the most song played on the radio.
Doesn’t it seem like yesterday we were laughing together? Do you remember when we used to play in Grandma’s house? All those games we play, dad? And you would lie down after the game, with little Molly on your stomach and me beside you. Then you would taught me about the universe. Started off from the tiniest to the biggest. You taught me about how to be a gentleman. You taught me about life. And I would just complained about how much you confused me. You told me to always look after mom and Molly. I remember all of them. Every little bits. You taught me well, didn’t you?
You left before I had a chance to say goodbye. But that's the way life usually is. It just passes you by. You blink, and it’s gone. But I can’t hold on to a hope that maybe, just maybe you’ll come back. I can’t. So I'll just be thankful for the times that I had with you.
Sometimes I hope that they have radios in heaven. So that I can sing my song for you. But if they don’t, I would go out and sing real loud. Hoping, wishing, praying, that you can hear me. What's it like up on the other side of the clouds? What’s it like to watch us from above? I hope you misses us too, dad.
It must be hard for you not to be there when me and Molly being teenager. Our graduation. Our parents day. The first day we go to college. And our wedding.
I really miss you, dad.
Love,
Adrian.
{Author's Note}
Hi :) I made this story when I heard the song 'Radio in Heaven' by Plain White T's. I really love the song. And suddenly my so-not-bright brain started to make a story but I write it in a letter. But I have to read it over and over xD. Anyway, Adrian is 23 now. Which mean his dad died when he's 12. Hard times. And molly is 16.
Their dad is a famous singer in his time, which make Adrian a great singer too. I would like you guys to think that 'Radios in Heaven' is Adrian's song.
Their mom never remarried again.
