Dear Dad

Dear Dad,

Thank you for being my strength my whole life. Thank you for being my comfort when I was unsure. Thank you for every time you shared your words of wisdom. I know now it was because you lived through it. You always knew what to say or what to do. You were sure of yourself so I was sure of you. Thank you for raising me to believe I was beautiful. Thank you for raising my brother to be a great man. Thank you for taking care of our family. Thank you for loving my mom. Thank you for being her best friend. Thank you for singing to me. Thank you for teaching me to dance. I miss your voice. I miss you!

KSKW

2 Years Since You Left Me

I remember you leaving like it was yesterday. You were the one in the end that was calm. I was a mess. You were the one that was ready. I was not. You told me it would be okay. And so it was.

I still miss you every day, even after 2 years. You were one of my favorite people ever. It is hard for me to think about you – It hurts too much and I cry. I don’t like to talk about you – It hurts too much and I cry. I don’t like to listen to the music we played at your funeral. – It hurts too much and I cry. I don’t like to cry….. I’m not strong enough to accept you’re really gone. ~KIMBERLY

Grief is individual to each of us

There are different stages of grief but you don’t have to experience these stages in a linear fashion or at any certain time, or in any particular way. The way you experience your grief at a loss is completely individual to you, you should never feel pressured to feel or act in a certain way, or to grief on a particular timeline. Whatever you are feeling is completely valid. Everybody goes through things differently and this is ok: we don’t have to deal with a loss like other people are, we deal with it in our own way and it’s important to keep this in mind and not compare ourselves to others.