Grief, Loss & Advice
This past Father’s Day was the first Father’s Day without my father being alive. The first one which I wasn’t able to talk to him and wish him a happy one. 7 days after that was my birthday, which is also my dad’s birthday. The first one in my life spent without my dad here on the planet with me. It’s a lot to handle in a week’s time. It was weird, honestly. It’s been 9 months since Billy Nosal died. I’ve gently swayed from shock to anger back to shock with some grief thrown in. Sometimes I allow the memories to come in. Sometimes I do my best to block them and refocus on something, anything else. It all depends on the mood I’m in. And I can be moody (shhhh, don't let that get out). Especially when navigating such a tremendous loss. I realize I am not alone. My sister, our family and my dad’s friends are still reeling from the loss of him. My cousin also lost her dad a day or so before I lost mine. We’re in a strange club now. When you lose someone close to you, you have a year of...
