I don't know you and you don't know me, but about 2-3 years ago I guess, I stumbled upon this site somehow. It was shocking to me reading about someone so close in age to myself passing. Reading about Missy helped me to understand the idea of mortality and helped me to learn to appreciate the people around me, even if we don't get along sometimes. Well, uh, anyway, around that time I had gotten into songwriting and I really wanted to write a song about her, I dunno, not only for the sake of writing or whatever but kind of as a nice gesture...anyway, I didn't want it to sound forced so I wanted to just let it come. The reason I'm writing now is that I was sitting in class today, and I was trying a little experiment with my creative writing, and it just kind of came to me. That's it, really; I don't know. Maybe it's dumb to write you guys just to say this, but I guess I kinda wanted to express how your daughter's life helped me to grow both as a person and a writer. Well anyway, I don't want to post it here but hopefully when I get my band together everyone'll be able to hear it. It's probably not special enough to be called a song dedicated to your daughter, but...now I feel like it's kind of a way of thanking her/you guys/the site for helping me to grow up a bit. Anyway, I'm sorry if this message sounded weird or dumb. Or if it offended you or brought about any sad memories or anything. Much love to you all. See ya. PS Your poetry was really cool.