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One Thing You Don’t Have to Miss When You’ve Lost a Loved One.

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Have you ever considered what you would miss if you suddenly lost a loved one?

Like most families, we didn’t have a whole lot of time to prepare for my dad’s diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer.  The Dr’s at the time didn’t expect us to last the week, and once everything starts to explode it pretty much becomes a blur.

Almost 2 years later we were still fighting strong when some significant complications had come into play and daddy made the decision to stop treatment and let God handle the rest.

He passed peacefully at home surrounded by the people who love him.

When the fight is over and the dust starts to settle, you feel pretty empty.  For months we fought hard and tackled whatever came flying at us.

And now…

Silence.

All those times we begged for a break.  The moments where we were stressed to the max and honestly weren’t sure if we were even going to make it.

You would give ANYTHING to feel that stress again when everything stops.

It’s a profound change, when you’ve lost a loved one and things start to settle.

No matter how tired you were (and probably still are) you’ll miss it.  All of it.   The good and the bad.

You know what else I miss?

Everything.

His laugh.  His advice.  Talking to him about everything.

All of it.

A few months after his passing, I was looking through some files in my Google Drive, when I accidentally stumbled upon a video he had made.

And suddenly, he was right there talking to me.  I could see his face, I could HEAR HIS VOICE. 

 My whole life, my dad talked me through everything.  Anytime I had a problem he was there.  Anytime I had a question, he had an answer.  And then suddenly he’s gone.

No amount of warning can prepare you for losing someone you love.  Someone who has been there your whole life, loving you and supporting you and taking an interest in everything that makes you happy.

What I wish I had done when I had the chance was taken more video of our time together.

 I can’t describe how amazing it was to hear his voice again.  After I burst into tears I watched that video over and over again, at least 100 times.

And now, I watch every day.

It never occurs to you how much it will mean to see someone again after you’ve lost a loved one.

Or how much you will have missed the sound of their voice.

We just go about our everyday lives and hope that we never have to deal with that part of life.

But the current smartphone addiction that has plagued our society, makes it easy to shoot a few videos while you are out living your life and enjoying your family.

I wish I could have realized what this random video that wasn’t even made for me would feel like once he was gone.

I hate cancer.  No one should ever have to go through this.

But the positive side of cancer makes you appreciate things in an entirely different way.

It’s the stuff you never really thought about before that you’ll miss when everything stops.

Tomorrow, when you are you are watching your mom play with your kids, or you are talking with your husband about his day (or arguing with him over the dishes)…

Take a video.

Someday, you will appreciate that video more than you could ever know.

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One thing you don’t have to miss when you’ve lost a loved one. Dealing with the grief and sadness after you’ve lost a loved one is traumatic. Finding ANYTHING that helps you ease the pain in your heart and the uncontrollable thoughts that are running through your head is a win! I stumbled on this by accident and it’s helped make life a little more bearable after I lost my dad. Imagine if I had thought about this before the worst day of my life…

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