My dad died over 10 years ago… we didn’t have a good relationship and I probably didn’t see him 10 years before he died. Recently, I was speaking with a young pilot. My dad was also a hobby-flyer. He was actually the only survivor of a plane
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My Belgium grandfather being foolish in our family pool, pretending to be a shark and scaring my sister and I.
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My mom getting a phone call one evening. Two days later, she is on the plane to China. We thought he would get better, but another two days later my grandpa had passed away.
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I still remember over 18 years ago when I got a phone call announcing your death. Dear mother I still miss my dearest friend and the best mentor possible. Love you always.
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My best friend from childhood, Adrienne. She had the most infectious laugh. Gone too soon, but her laugh lives on in my memory whenever I get carried away laughing at something she would also find funny. I miss you.
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Dad, I miss you… There are so many conversations we should have had. I think about the unspoken words and hope that in some way we shared them. Know that I carry a bit of you with me every day. Love you Dad.
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Thank you mom for making me the woman I am today. Your passing was sudden but you’ve left me with a wealth of knowledge of life. I promise to carry on your sense of family and class. You were one of a kind and handled a lot.
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In Jewish Culture when a person passes away we say they live in their descendants. My Bubbie & Zadie past away very close together when I was 9. I’m 22 now. We often forget to light their yahrzeit candles. It has been so long since I visited
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Absence – of emotion. Distance had led to my grandparents being only a small fragment of my life. It seemed unjust.
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