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Living
March 25, 2025
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By Her View From Home

When Do You Stop Needing a Father?

I wonder if it will ever go away—that incessant longing for something that doesn't exist. Something that is supposed to…

Grief, Loss
December 23, 2024
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By Shari Strosser

These Firsts without My Dad Aren’t Easy

I lost my dad in March of this year, and as the year-end holidays approach, I’m beginning to angst about…

Grief, Grown Children, Living
October 15, 2024
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By Kelley Spencer

Cancer Changes Everything

Life can take a harsh turn by simply hearing a few words. “There is no heartbeat.” I’ll never forget those…

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

Grief, Loss
August 22, 2024
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By Shari Strosser

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

If you have lost an elderly parent, I bet people have said to you “at least he/she lived a good,…

Grown Children, Living
August 16, 2024
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By Kim Patton

Dear Dad, As You Consider Retirement

Dad, I’ve been thinking a lot about you lately and how you are in this weird in-between of working and…

A Father’s Betrayal and a Daughter’s Resolve

Living
July 26, 2024
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By Her View From Home

A Father’s Betrayal and a Daughter’s Resolve

I am not cleaning the house today. I am not picking up toys or doing laundry or washing dishes. I…

Faith, Grief, Living, Loss
July 23, 2024
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By Colleen C. Howard

Dad, Jesus, and a Safety Deposit Box

Although it’s been a while since my father’s death, I still miss him. He was a man of integrity, a…

Grief, Loss
July 2, 2024
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By Linda Ross

My Father Didn’t Want a Funeral

I found another stage, or maybe it’s a phase of and in grief. It’s the silence. Grief has an unspoken…

Grief, Loss
June 16, 2024
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By Tiffany Reiger

To My Dad in Heaven on Father’s Day

To my dad in Heaven on Father’s Day, When I was little, you seemed invincible. The strongest man who could…

Grief, Loss
June 16, 2024
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By Megan Kiger

I Wish Dad Were Here

“I wish Dad wasn’t dead, ” my sister said as we trudged back into the spring pollen to make small…

Grown Children
June 16, 2024
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By Casey Sorensen

My Dad Is Brilliant

I love full-circle moments, and in honor of Father’s Day, here’s a fun one involving my one-of-a-kind dad. One of…

I Hope Heaven Looks like 3128 Harper Road

Grief, Living, Loss, Marriage
April 4, 2024
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By Janet Morris Grimes

I Hope Heaven Looks like 3128 Harper Road

Jeannine Ann Eddings Morris grew up in western Kentucky as the oldest daughter of hard-working parents, who both worked at…

my dad

When Do You Stop Needing a Father?

These Firsts without My Dad Aren’t Easy

Cancer Changes Everything

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

Dear Dad, As You Consider Retirement

A Father’s Betrayal and a Daughter’s Resolve

Dad, Jesus, and a Safety Deposit Box

My Father Didn’t Want a Funeral

To My Dad in Heaven on Father’s Day

I Wish Dad Were Here

My Dad Is Brilliant

I Hope Heaven Looks like 3128 Harper Road

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother