We’re big fans of Whitney Port here at Her.ie and have long held the view that she’s one of the sweetest reality stars to ever grace our TV screens.
And, having read the letter the heartbroken 28-year-old penned to her recently deceased father Jeffrey Port, we think you’ll agree with us now if you didn’t before.
Sharing the letter she wrote for her father’s funeral service following his passing from kidney cancer, the heartbroken star vows to always stay true to the lessons he taught her about life, hard work and her career.
She writes “in your absence I know I must use your 28 years of fatherhood to protect, guide and lead in the only way I know best – the way you taught me. Be honorable, be kind, be noble, be just, be silly, be tenacious, be a champion.”
The designer also reveals that her father only fought the disease for a year before it claimed his life last Wednesday, and provides a link to the Kidney Cancer Association website, in the hope that by educating her fans, she might help prevent someone else going through what her father had to endure.
Whitney’s letter in full:
Dear Dad,
I’d like to start off by telling you how much I love you and how much I miss you. I miss your love, your voice, and mostly right now just your touch. If I had to live my life once over I wouldn’t change anything. Even if it meant losing you too soon, it would be worth all of the tears in the world because you were simply the greatest.
I am certain that your love for us was pure and always without judgement. While my heart is broken and nothing seems to make sense right now, I am still holding on to every word you have said, every lesson you have taught, every memory and will continue to do so as I will always feel your presence.
Some of my biggest needs have always been your protection, your guidance and your leadership. As hard as it is now in your absence I know I must use your 28 years of fatherhood to protect, guide and lead in the only way I know best – the way you taught me. Be honorable, be kind, be noble, be just, be silly, be tenacious, be a champion.
I feel I am the most confident about myself, motivated to build my future and clear about my goals because I was lucky enough to have a father so devoted to our family and endlessly interested in our livelihood. You have a tangible and unspeakable power that will reign forever. Your spirit lives strong in each and every one of us where it will eternally belong.
May you struggle no longer, may your mind find clarity and peace, may you play golf at your best and drive wherever you please.
Through the wind we hear your whisper. We will feel your glow from the sun. In the lake we will see your reflection and through the air we will embrace your hug.
Until the day we meet again, our family will not be complete. But know we will thrive forever in your honor and live to make you smile.
