Other Bloggers Comment on a Death of a Parent

One reason I've started writing about my dad's death, other than it being relatively recent, is to connect with others who have experienced the same thing. It's hard to find it at my age. The Internet makes it possible. Today I was doing some browsing and found this posting, from earlier this week:

I think of him, his gift of life, his jokes and sayings, and our treasure of his fatherhood. This has been a good year—he would want us to: celebrate–enjoy life–take care of one another and not be sad—and let our hearts remember and retain his humor, his light, his devotion and generosity.

The author is an author by trade, and writes poetry. I kept searching and found a woman who lost her father when she was 27, is now in her 30's and rescues dogs. For whatever reason, this bit of community reminded me that while day-to-day living is not in itself bad, it is possible to do great things with your life after losing your father.