Today would have been my Dads 74th birthday. Hard to believe another year gone by. We will go up to the cematery and remove the Christmas wreath we placed there. I don’t know what we’ll replace it with yet.
We used Dad’s pickup to go to the wrestling meet yesterday and that was a bit strange.
We are doing okay. All of us.
Life goes on and sometimes that feels like a betrayal.
Life goes on and we must live while we can.
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April 30, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Michelle
My dad is dying of cancer – please tell me – how hard will it hit me when the time comes? Will the pain ever fade?
April 30, 2009 at 8:08 pm
poniday
I don’t know your family dynamics so it’s hard for me to say what the impact will be. I do know that the pain of loss does dim a bit as time goes by. That doesn’t mean you forget, just that you heal. It’s okay to do that. Use your friends and family as your support system and try to make the best of your time together. We are all “dying” even as we live…Live each day to the fullest. Take care of yourself. . . eat, sleep, work, laugh, cry…live.
June 2, 2009 at 1:59 pm
billalmighty
hello. i found you on nvaine’s blog. i have only read this one post, but i will be back to read more of your blog. just not now. i lost my dad to lung cancer on july 6, 2008, but so far i haven’t blogged about it. he was 79. i am still taking things a day at a time, but my relationships are improving and i’m finding it ok to feel happiness again. i’m still coping with some guilt and grief, but i’m remembering dad in the way he loved and respected me and my life. he wanted me to be happy and successful, and i have to continue trying to achieve both of those things, just like he did. that’s where i’m at today. tomorrow may be a different story…..that’s how it goes for me. i miss his love so much. thanks for writing.
-bill