Tag: #lossofaparent
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My journey to healing : Forgiveness & Gratitude
I’ve stopped counting days since dad passed away. It doesn’t matter anymore because I know no matter what I will always miss him – like when I’m cooking, I think of him calling me up and asking me what I have cooked for the day or when I’m watching the news, I think of what…
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My journey to healing : One day at a time
Last evening after we had finished watching television and had turned off the lights, I thought of dad again and my heart sank. I miss him. I miss speaking to him. Not that he did say much during the last two months prior to his passing away, yet there was that daily call I made…
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Jargons
They said they’d let you go ‘Discharge,’ was the word they used I thought it meant you were coming home You did; just not how I thought you would I’m looking for answers Trying to fill the blank spaces There are too many- Unanswered questions, jargons For ‘closure,’ I tell them I need to understand…