Letter to Benjamin Syphrett & Vanessa Syphrett
Posted on behalf of Derek Syphrett by a this third party:

(UPDATE: These Letters resulted in Derek’s Son reaching out to re-unite with his father, only to have Meg Wallace punish the son and bar contact for 4 years, until the son again reached out and finally got the relationship with his father that he always deserved)

Dearest Benjamin & Vanessa Syphrett

I write this letter in hopes that you will find it to be warming to your hearts and so that you will have no concerns about how much you father loves you.

I love you more than anything else in the world and I miss you both terribly. There is not a single day that I don’t think about both of you and how lucky I am to have such amazingly wonderful children. You are both truly two of the nicest children than I have ever met in my life and I am overwhelmed with pride knowing that you are both my beloved children.

Please know that I have not abandoned you but instead I am simply unable to reconcile with your mother or her family. I have tried and I would be willing to try again, however, my efforts to resume normal communications with your mother and her family have not been met by any meaningful attempt to restore our relationship. For that I am truly disappointed and very sorry for your loss of a relationship with your father.

I am sure that your mother loves you as best she can, but please know that no one will ever love you or long for you as much as I do.

I remember fondly reading you both good night stories before bed and walks in the park and trips to playgrounds and the beach. Those were some of the absolute best days of my life.

I do receive updates monthly from your mother about your progress in school and with your sports and afterschoolk programs. It is difficult for me to receive those updates without crying, but I read each and every one to maintain as much of a connection to you as I can.

Additionally please know that your grandmother Tamora J. Syphrett loved you both dearly and was devastated that she was not able to maintain a relationship with you. She would buy birthday presents for you for every birthday, and she did send some to your home, eventually she just became concerned that her messages were not going to be delivered to you and she stopped sending the presents she bought for you. You were both the apples of her eye and Vanessa you look very much like your grandmother, who grew up to be one of the most beautiful and nicest people I have ever known.

So when you go to sleep at night please to do not ever wonder or worry that your father doesn’t love or care about you. I would do anything to see each of you and hug you for as long as I could, because you are the best things that ever happened to me and I miss you beyond words.

Love Your Dad,

Derek C. Syphrett

609-638-6901