I was there when you were born. I listened to those screams as you made your way into this world, I smiled when I saw your face. Kicking and screaming, I loved you from the moment you entered my head.

I watched you go through school. You were bright, intelligent and very thoughtful. There wasn't a single problem you couldn't solve, or a conflict you couldn't resolve. I guided you from mistakes, you made the right choices. I kept you safe.

I was at your College Graduation. Seeing your face beam with excitement, I could never have been more proud. You never asked for my help, you never asked for my guidance. I was always here when you needed me though. Every night and every day, I would listen for your cry of help. Perhaps the fact that it never really came was a good thing.

I was there when you saved that little boy from drowning. The day you gave your whole paycheck to the sick man across the hall to go to the hospital. The day you built a home for the homeless. Your spirit was pure, and no one would go without help or care as long as you could do something about it. I couldn't be any happier that you turned out to be such an amazing and courteous man.

I was there on that grave day. The day that intoxication became the better of one man. The day that one man took away what was pure. For the first time in your life, I saw a look of fear in your eyes. A look of helplessness. A look telling me you didn't know what would happen next. For one second in your life, you truly needed me to save you.

I was there when you opened your eyes. This wasn't what you expected to see huh? It's not every day that you see me. I gave you one last chance to take my hand. To ask me for help, the only thing you never really seemed to need.

"Please.. help me." Of course I'd help you. I loved you. I only wish that you knew how much that I loved you, but somethings are beyond even my control. I took you under my wing. I sung a song, your favorite one that your mother sang to you while you were just a toddler. It helped you fall back asleep, and in the same amount of time it took for you to come and visit me, you returned home.

I was there when you woke up. Your wife was beside you in the chair, you were in the hospital. You were in a car accident and the man who hit you head on was on the other side of the bed reading a book on alcohol addiction. Forgiveness comes easy when you have stared death in the face only to live to pass on the tale.

I was there when you smiled. I was there when you muttered "Thank you" under your breath. I extended my hand to you, you took it with much love and gratification. That was all I needed. I would do anything to see your smile again, to see your talents put to better use. The good should never die young. The world really calls for a pure soul and a genuine heart to fix it up, and son, you are the best thing I have ever accomplished.