A Tribute To My Father:

Franklin James Wallen
1938-1992

A Little Girl Needs Daddy
Author Unknown

A little girl needs Daddy
For many, many things:
Like holding her high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music
That tells her all is right
When she awakens frantic with
The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain
That rises in her heart
And shows her how she might get home
When all else falls apart.

Like giving her the love
That is her sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
She'll always find him there.



There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of you, Dad and wish you were still here. It saddens me to know that our time was cut short, and that you will never take Lucas fishing or walk me down the aisle. I wasn't done being your daughter yet. I will carry you with me forever, and keep you alive in my memories.