World's Best Dad...

Each year on Father's Day, I feel the mixed emotions of love and loss.  Even after all these years, I still feel the love of my father as fresh as if it were yesterday that I last saw him.  He remains firmly in my heart, and no amount of passing time will ever change that love.

But I still miss him every day, in a million little unspoken, even unrecognized ways, as most people who have lost their father do.  You don't always think about it when you are missing someone.  You simply miss their presence in your life.  The unanswered questions.  The knowledge that never got imparted.  The life story you didn't get to share.  The years that you wanted but didn't get to have.  It is a significant loss, and one from which you will move forward, but never entirely beyond.