Tag: Dad
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Learning through grief
Tomorrow will mark one month since my dear, sweet, wonderful Dad died. I’m doing OK, but it still sucks. I still cry. I still feel sad and awful and shocked that the world keeps turning without Dad present. But I am also starting to manage to not cry every time I see a pic of Dad…
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My first post about Life After Dad
My worst fears came true: my sweet, kind gentleman of a Dad died on Friday, July 17. I have so many thoughts and feelings on this sad time, but need a little time to pull myself together and get my life back in order. Dad spent most of the last five weeks of his life in a Philadelphia…
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26 Hugs
I smiled as I read the note from Mom that arrived in the mail along with a newspaper clipping about “the importance of affectionate touching.” She remembered. I certainly did too. I was a strange little kid sometimes. My parents tolerated it all. Embraced it really. From the one-woman girl baton-twirling, roller-skating-on-the-living-room-carpet shows I would…
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