re: Dealing with death of a parent

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The “firsts” will be difficult. Like the first Thanksgiving, first Christmas without is really hard, no doubt. But even after that, accomplishments in my kid’s lives, I often think about what my dad would think. He died March of 2016.

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Some first are weird, too. My husband died 7 years ago, suddenly. We were both huge football fans, he, Alabama and I, LSU. The first day of NCAA football season was a big day at our house and we always did special things. That first season opener was really hard. The LSU/Bama games have been tough. I mean I understand why it was hard, but it hit me harder than Thanksgiving and as much as Christmas. I was prepared for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Those out of the blue days are the hardest.

You'll heal. But a year from now, you'll look back and realize it was like you were in a fog, just going thru the paces and not really always knowing what was going on or thinking clearly. At some point, it feels like you come out of the fog.

Now at 7 years later, my adult kids and I quite often say things like, "Dad would have loved that." or "OMG, what your dad would have said about that!" Memories and talking about them are good!