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I really don't know any of you that well. I read quite a bit on here and have an understanding as to how many of the vets and regulars are here at SI. I have never met any of you in person, at least I really don't think I have. I still feel a closeness or connection to the site here.
My mother called me today around 2pm to inform me that my dad, who by law is my step dad but to me is my dad, passed away in his sleep VERY unexpectedly. It was a serious blow and a hard blow at that. Now as everyone has went through I have had loss in my life, this one has been the hardest now.
Too many people on here and in life generally take some things overboard and in life many people take what they have for granted more than they should. Life is meant to be lived and enjoyed, not feared and secluded.
Tell people how you feel about them. Let loved ones know you love them. Don't think that tomorrow is a better day to tell your siblings or parents or anyone you love that you love them. Enjoy family and friends any chance you get. Let life live through you, not around you. Be happy with the good times and try to look past the bad. Ignore the assholes and celebrate the friendly. Help someone you don't know once in a while with getting their bags for them or holding their car door open while they get their kids out of it or grab that hard to reach item off the shelf for them.
Overall just be what you wish everyone else would be even when the mass is just jackasses and touch those who are around you. I miss my father already and even when he was here with my mother visiting for my birthday last Sunday I told him I loved him even with the thought that I would see him again. That is how to live, not without regret but without fear of expression and love and desire. Always be what you want your children to be and live the way you want others around you to live and love life no matter what because someday someone you are close to may be wanting to share about you the same way.
My mother called me today around 2pm to inform me that my dad, who by law is my step dad but to me is my dad, passed away in his sleep VERY unexpectedly. It was a serious blow and a hard blow at that. Now as everyone has went through I have had loss in my life, this one has been the hardest now.
Too many people on here and in life generally take some things overboard and in life many people take what they have for granted more than they should. Life is meant to be lived and enjoyed, not feared and secluded.
Tell people how you feel about them. Let loved ones know you love them. Don't think that tomorrow is a better day to tell your siblings or parents or anyone you love that you love them. Enjoy family and friends any chance you get. Let life live through you, not around you. Be happy with the good times and try to look past the bad. Ignore the assholes and celebrate the friendly. Help someone you don't know once in a while with getting their bags for them or holding their car door open while they get their kids out of it or grab that hard to reach item off the shelf for them.
Overall just be what you wish everyone else would be even when the mass is just jackasses and touch those who are around you. I miss my father already and even when he was here with my mother visiting for my birthday last Sunday I told him I loved him even with the thought that I would see him again. That is how to live, not without regret but without fear of expression and love and desire. Always be what you want your children to be and live the way you want others around you to live and love life no matter what because someday someone you are close to may be wanting to share about you the same way.
