Hi Pete,
It's been one year today that you have been gone. It's seems like it was just yesterday that I left the hospital weeping on that gloomy, windy, fall day, a sky that you would have loved. It sure was a long, hard and rocky road to today but somehow I managed to get through it. I know that you have been there guiding and supporting me but it's not the same as having you there physically.
Were you there that day when I "took you to the river and put you in the water?" You would have seen the humour in it. Then there was the day the real estate agent was going to show the house and the roof was leaking? I know you pulled that one off. That's why I know you are here with me and always will be I sure do miss you and will love you forever.
Could you do me another favour please? Help Matt find a job in NYC that he will like and that will use his education. You were always very supportive of him, one of "your kids" as you called him. He thinks fondly of you, you were a good influence on him.
Love you Pete