It gets easier. I lost mine in June '18 suddenly at 61. He woke up from a nap, came downstairs to tell my stepmum that he was feeling better but that he was gonna lay back down; he never woke back up. Now his health had been on the decline for a couple of years but it took us all by surprise. My stepmum struggled for a while; its only been w/in the last 6-8 months that she has been able to have a conversation w/o crying. I've been fine.

He has manifested himself in different ways. To myself, my wife and daughter, he shows up as a black and blue butterfly. To my sister, as a hawk. He's still here, just not as we remembered him. I also know w/o a shadow of a doubt, that he's my daughter's guardian angel. On that, I am completely confident. I'll always be thankful that he got to.hold her and see her a couple of times before he passed. He lived up home in Western PA. I'm in suburban Atlanta.

You'll never be completely over it, but it does get easier.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by LegendInMyMind

Member since Apr 2019

55177 posts

Posted on 10/22/20 at 3:05 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

quote:
He's still here, just not as we remembered him.

My Pops was always in "low gear", never got in a hurry for anything. That was just who he was and how he approached life. He wasn't habitually late or anything, he was just never got in a hurry for anything.

Anyway, about 2 days after we buried him, my mom saw a large turtle passing through the front yard at a large turtle's pace. She has always said that was Pops. She even took a pic to prove she wasn't BSing.

Now, a week or two ago, she had a blue heron, maybe....it was hard to tell from the video, pass through the yard. Tall, long legged, and slowly covering alot of ground. She was convinced that was my uncle (right the opposite build of my dad).

She's funny.

0 ...

Report Post

O-T Lounge - Replies to Post

Return To Board

Page 1

Return To Board