The Feeling of Loss

After hearing news on a co-worker's father passing away suddenly Monday evening, I couldn't help but to relive my own experience. It's getting close to the 2 year anniversary of my own father passing and it still hurts the same as it did the night I watched him take his final breath. Hearing others go through this same fate makes my heart break and I feel a connection with those people. I know what they will endure in the coming days, I know the phases that they will go through and I know that they will be okay but never complete. After hearing the words "He was my best friend" come second hand from another co-worker who has been in contact with the now grieving man, reminded me of what my own brother said after my father passed. To my friends and colleagues who are experiencing these same feelings that I live with everyday since my dad was taken, I'm truly sorry and my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your families. Hold your siblings, spouses, and children close and don't ever forget you are loved.