Year 1

I refuse to choose a day out of the year to be sad or depressed. In my opinion, life is going to throw a lot of things my way that will test my strength, but I have come to learn that embracing the good times is so much more important.

Through losing dad, I have learned to truly appreciate the people in my life so much more and not take a single one of them for granted. I will miss him for the rest of my life, but I am choosing to hold onto positive memories and work through the difficult and confusing parts. I will likely never be able to make sense of any of it, but what I can do is focus on my own life and do the best that I can do. I think that’s all any of us can do. Just do out best and not lose sight of what is important.

Although hitting the year mark makes this all that much more real, I am going to view it as a year of forward motion — experiencing an unfathomable situation and taking it one day at a time. We love and miss you, Dad! I pray you’re at peace.