I Should Have Said I Love You…But I Know He Knew
I should have said I love you . . . well, the wonderful thing is, they already knew that. There…
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PTSD Claimed My First Responder Father and I’ll Never Stop Missing Him
As an adult, you come to the realization that your parents won’t live forever. You hope they will be around…
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To the Dad Who Inspires Us All
Up until this year, Father’s Day was a holiday just like Mother’s Day to me. I never used to question…
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By Chelsey McCarthy My Dad’s Sudden Death Shattered My Heart
My dad is dead. I’ve repeated these words to myself hundreds of times in the days since his passing, but…
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By Whitney Fleming I’ll Always Miss My Dad, But I Hear From Him Every Christmas
I picked up the phone to call my dad the other day. I was thinking about my car insurance bill,…
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By Chelsea Ohlemiller One Day I Smiled Again
I remember thinking I’d never laugh again. I remember thinking I’d never smile again or breathe without heartbreak and pain. …
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By Lauren Dykovitz Alzheimer’s Took My Mother’s Life. A Pandemic Stole Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you…
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By Jennifer Vail I Lost My Mom and I Couldn’t Say Goodbye
The world as we know it has changed. Masks are the norm, contact is not. Businesses are closing, restaurants are…
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By Her View From Home What Will Life Be Like Without My Dad?
“How are you doing?” friends ask with sympathy in their eyes. I give a standard reply because I don’t even…
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By Ashley Cuttle To the Bride Whose Parents Are Watching From Heaven
It will easily be one of the hardest days of your life. And nothing will be able to change that.…
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By Lauren Fortenberry My Daddy Waits For Me in Heaven
This year, there will be no Father’s Day card or phone call. There will only be loving words, mumbled through…
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By Harmony Vuycankiat The Grey Sweater
Folding the laundry gets me down sometimes. It’s a mindless activity, really. My brain runs on autopilot as it remembers…
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