I wish I could say you’ll get over it, that it will get better. But it won’t (or for at least for many years, depending on you). You will have to live with it, and it will be hard.

I lost my father almost 4 years ago, and cancer was the cause of it. He had been sick for 3 years before that, so you could say I’ve been prepared. But, can you ? Can you be ready to lose someone you love forever ? I wasn’t.

But here are some things I’ve learned from it.