25/10/2024
Hi Dad,
I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.
I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.
I missed you as I tucked in the kids for the night; as I switched off the lights and go to bed and try to sleep.
I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare.
But oh how I felt it.
I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and even at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.
I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sat heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.
Yes, I missed you so quietly today,
though I felt it so loudly.
Each day will come and go, as the weight of you gone starts to lessen, I will never forget what I am missing.