Six months without you Dad. I didn’t think I could survive 6 minutes without you but somehow I have and I’m still here.
I think about you everyday and see no reason that today is anymore poignant than the next but some how it is. It seems unfathomable that it has been six months since I last saw you, held your hand and kissed your head.
You would tell me I’m doing great (even though I’m not) and like with everything I did you would somehow marvel in the fact that I have found resilience that I didn’t think I had. You were and always will be my biggest supporter in life.
The family will all be together for a few days this week and I’m looking forward to spending time with my brother and nephew. I know you are with me especially today and we are all looking after each other, like you told us.
Forever grateful that you are my Dad and I’m your daughter.
Beautiful words @Katherine86 . Hope you’re doing okay. We somehow find a way through this new sad and painful life, don’t we? I still ache for all our happy times though, particularly in the long spring and summer days. Everything is “this time last year…”
@Katherine86 Beautiful, I cried reading your words. The love you have for your Dad really shines thru & remember you’re part of him too. My Dad died in March & days really differ in their intensity of emotions don’t they. Thankyou for expressing those thoughts. X
Thanks for your reply. I am doing ok, I hope you are too. It’s true that we find a way, despite it feeling impossible, we somehow find the ability to keep going.
I miss all of the happy times too and every month is a reminder of this time last year. We are fortunate to have such happy memories and wonderful Father’s but with that comes great pain.
Thanks again. Always find some comfort in reading your posts.
Thanks for your response. The intensity of grief varies so much, especially when the loss is so recent. I never know how I will feel from one day (or sometimes moment) to the next. We will always carry them with us and keep the memories close.