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![]() Each day will get easier, and you will know you get to carry the memory and legacy of your father forward in the way you love and care for others. 'To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. Lean into your support system and let them care for you. ![]() It's during this period of time that family and friends will be the most important part of the healing process. This can be due to the burden and grief of that loss making it cumbersome for them to come up with something. Meditating on any of these quotes will help you go deeper into honoring the memory of your father and his impact on your life. When people are told to write a short remembrance and/or tribute quotes to a dead person, they are usually blank or at the loss of words. 'Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.' - Haruki Murakami. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' - Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 'Death ends a life, not a relationship.' - Jack Lemmon. ![]() Antoine de Saint-Exupery Sympathy, Missing You, Death 67 Copy quote For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.' - Khalil Gibran. Use a journal to process the memories you have of your loved one, any regrets, and any lingering anger or resentment. Jack Lemmon Life, True Love, Death 87 Copy quote He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. Give yourself time and patience to feel whatever bubbles up to the surface during this time. It draws out feelings we often didn't even know were there and the grieving process can often feel long. But either way, the passing of a father is hard. If your father wasn't really in the picture or your home life didn't fall into the normal stereotype, you can grieve the loss of a father long before his actual passing. Yet, for some of us it's a bit more complicated. They're there with a baseball or football for a game of catch in the yard, a solid piece of advice when your car breaks down, the perfect dad joke. ![]() They cheer us on as they hold the back seat of the bicycle while we pedal for the first time without training wheels. Father's impact our lives in so many ways. This third post covers topics related to death and dying grief, mourning, and the way we care for the grief-stricken and remembering our lost loved ones. ![]()
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