Six Months

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It's been 6 months with you not here. Six months. Half a year. Six months.

It doesn't seem like it's been that long in one way, but in another it seems like an entire lifetime ago.  Six months full of tears, questions, what ifs, laughter, and the indescribable pain of losing your dad. No one or really nothing can prepare for this. 

 Thanksgiving was going to be different this year. We weren't having a Thanksgiving dinner like we always do. It was too much for Mom. I get it.  

I hope these anniversaries get easier. It seems like they loom and then it's here. The date you left us. This one seems especially harder with it being six months, with it being Thanksgiving, 

Dad, you will forever be missed, and our hearts will never be the same. We love you. 

But who could have foreseen the tragic death of my cousin... He passed on Sunday, November 21, 2021. My aunt's (his Mom's) birthday. 

It's hard to wrap my head around that people would be so cruel and evil. My heart breaks for my Aunt and my cousin and his dad. Such a loss that was taken with no just cause. 

I know it sounds cliche but spend that time with your loved ones. Take those opportunities. Hug them, love them, take those selfies, enjoy them. 

We do not know if that'll be the last time we see them. 

natalie essentially