a lot but, when I do now, I’m not sad. It just makes me smile. My dad gave me both my love of the ocean and my love of baseball. So I’ll think of him while at the beach or watching a Yankees game — and smile. I ate my first raw clams on the half shell with him so, when I’m eating sushi (which, as far as I know, he never had), I’ll say “Dad would have loved sushi.” My dad never traveled to Mexico, but on our recent trip to Mexico, my sis and I agreed that our dad would have loved that Mexican island.
I hope you can get to a place, chloe, where thinking of your dad makes you smile instead of sad.
It’s bittersweet to have your birthday so close to Father’s Day but I hope you can find a way to enjoy it.
