10/07/2020
Two years ago today my phone rang saying my dad was calling me. When I answered I was all excited! My dad would call me all the time just to talk, but when the voice on the other end was in a frantic I knew something was wrong. It was one of my dads best friends calling me to tell me they found him unresponsive. I didn’t know it at the time but that would be the last time my phone would light up saying my dad was calling me.
A few days later he passed away. They said he had a heart attack. I haven’t said this much, but that period of my life I felt at my lowest. I was going through other things in my personal life and it all sort of peaked at the same time. I typically don’t share the lows on here, usually it’s just the fun things norm and I are up to or the cool places we have been to together. But this is life, it has highs as well as lows. And from these lows i’ve learned to grow and better myself.
This time of my life was the hardest part I’ve gone through. So much was happening and at what seemed like the same time. I have learned everything happens for a reason, and to make the best and cherish what you have. I miss my dad so much every day. I miss the phone calls asking where I was at now, or what I was up to. But I know i’m making him proud of how much i’ve grown over these past two years and who I am today. Over the past couple of years I have been rediscovering myself and really finding out who I am.
If you feel like you are at one of those lows just remember it does get better, keep your head up. And like my mom would always tell me, “this too shall pass”.