25/11/2022
It’s been a week! I’ve been sick. Grief has me weathered and torn. Spent most of the week in bed. Yesterday and today were the toughest. Being with Dad on Thanksgiving has been a blessing for as long as I can remember. Addison and I would go up to Ohio to spend it with him and then he moved back to Georgia so it was a hop, skip and a jump for us to go up to his place or him come to us. He always made his famous deep fried Turkey. It was so delicious!!!!
This year was Addison and my first year without him for years. Addison and I talked about grief today and how it affects people differently. Never leave someone out bc you think they aren’t grieving or are done grieving. Ask them how they are doing? Hug them! Everyone needs it regardless of if they show happiness on the outside. Grief is hard! It’s like an ocean, it comes in waves. Sometimes it capsizes your soul and other times it whispers soft gentle waves upon your heart. Those waves are meaningful and powerful to the person grieving. People shy away from grief bc it’s uncomfortable for them, imagine the uncomfortable feeling the one grieving is feeling. It’s raw and painful. It doesn’t go away, it becomes a part of you, your skin. It creates a new you, a changed you. Through all those waves no matter how big or small they are; remember they are full of love! The love you had for that person! The memories that you shared. Let them linger, let them wash over you. Find new ways to create happiness through those waves! Feel it! Let others understand it and that you grieve. It’s not taboo, it’s raw emotion and the purest of love!
Dad, you have given me so much in your short years here of Earth but I’m grateful for each one. You have loved Addison harder than I’ve ever seen you love before. You two have always been the biggest goofballs together! Thank you for instilling your love of art within her, she sees it through the most precious eyes and you have given her that! Thank you for being there every step of her way and I know you will continue to be her biggest cheerleader forever.
Today Dad, we are thankful for you! For everything you instilled in “your favorite girls” as you called us! Your love runs deep and it will forever be a part of Addison’s and my soul! We wouldn’t be the girls we are today without you!
We missed you fiercely today but know you were here with us and always will be!
WE LOVE YOU BIG TIME P. O. P.!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Pictures below were from one of our favorite Thanksgiving’s with you in Blue Ridge.
Michael Eichmiller Memorial Page
