December 12, 2024 349 days without you Dad, I was doing okay, and just like that, I’m broken again. I guess that’s how grief is, how missing a part of you is—you’re okay one second, and splitting in half the…
Letters to Dad: From September 2024
September 20, 2024 266 Days Without You Last night I dreamt about you. You were right there, standing in front of me, but I knew you were about to leave. I didn’t know if you were going to die, but…
Letters to Dad: The First Letter
August 6, 2024 221 Days Without You Hi Dad, My therapist thinks I should start writing to you. She thinks it will help me process. I wish I didn’t have to. I wish I could just sit down across from…
Letters to Dad: From August 2024
August 5, 2024 220 Days Without You Hi Dad, I’m just missing you extra today.
Letters to Dad: From March 2024
March 30, 2024 92 Days Without You As I sit here, in your chair, listening to the same clock tick, the silence is the loudest sound in the room. You should be whistling or getting up to get a cup…
Letters to Dad: Science Problems
October 31, 2024 307 Days Without You Hi Dad, I want to ask how you’ve been, but I bet all of your days in glory look the same. Are you so in awe of God and is everything so perfect…
Letters to Dad: Nightmares
October 13, 2024 289 Days Without You Hi Dad, Today is hard. I had another nightmare last night, and it was worse than all the others. I actually woke myself up from this one. You were dying again, but I…
Letters to Dad: Turning 23
October 3, 2024 279 Days Without You Hi Dad, Yesterday was my birthday, the first one without you. I had been nervous about it for weeks because I didn’t know how I would feel. That seems to be the story…
Letters to Dad: Why I Can’t Listen to Music
August 20, 2024 Day 235 without you Hey Dad, My therapist told me I should try writing letters to you. She says it will help me to “process” (how do you even process your dad dying anyway?). So, here we…
6 Months Without My Dad
For years now, my world has revolved around my dad. Ever since he was diagnosed in August of 2022 with stage 4 cancer, everything has been about him. I don’t say that in a malicious way, it was just a…
My Dad Died…. Now What?
Hi all, thank you for stopping by my blog once again. This post will be a bit different. I won’t be giving home decor tips or motivating you to journal or read (although I do think you should). Instead, I’m…
