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WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I get that. My dad passed away when I was 19. I’m in my 50s now, and I still miss him. Not as much as I used to, but there will be a great song come on that reminds of him, or how he’d be impressed with my kid. And just every now and then I think about how he’d totally love all the technology we have these days. Man, this thread hit me in the feels.

I’m just saying that it gets easier over time, but it’s always there. YMMV

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Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Came to say exactly this. Lost my dad at 18 and I’m 37 now, you just learn to live with it. Time makes it easier because it distances you and gives you lots of other experiences without them, but even decades later you might catch yourself thinking about them.

I always remember a quote by Terry Pratchett:

No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away

And you yourself are a ripple, your father is alive within you, remember him and carry him with you.

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- WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Awwww, thanks for the kind words :)
  
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