Family Matters
Mrs Villar
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Dear Community,
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Missing my dad
I usually feel comfortable in just crying or reflecting at home or with my husband about my dad. He died at the end of July 2008 from cancer. Next week we would have celebrated our birthdays together [his 65th and my 25th]. So maybe that's why I'm being overly sensitive. I just finished making breakfast for the hubby and I thought I was going to cry my eyes out before even finishing coffee. I didn't want to sit and talk about it out loud with him so I decided to just come on here, typing about it actually helping 
. I hope everyone is having a good weekend and if you are feeling the pain of losing someone you love, you are definitely not alone. 
. I hope everyone is having a good weekend and if you are feeling the pain of losing someone you love, you are definitely not alone.
Re: Missing my dad
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost mine when I was fifteen, and while there are a ton of issues in my childhood, he was still my dad and I still miss him. His seventeenth wedding anniversary with my adopted mom would have been yesterday, and it was a little painful.
I just try to focus on the happier times and remember that he wouldn't want me to waste my time on regrets, because he's in a much better place and that someday, we'll be together again.
Jim & Kristen ~ August 19, 2006
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I'm sorry you're having a blah day and sorry for your loss. It's been a little under a year since my mom passed, and have moments every now and again. You can't predict when they come, but just embrace them and don't try to shoo them away.
It's almost like a magnet, even when you say "I'm not going to be sad this birthday or this holiday or only think about the good things" I think it's just natural. Even when you do feel mostly happy on those memorable occassions there's still a part of you that's sad.