On April 23, 2020 my father in law suffered a tragic accident that took him from us far too soon. In 2011 my brother in law went to sleep and never woke up so this is not the first “close to home” death I’ve dealt with but this one hit differently. I am the type of “griever” who starts helping those close to the situation so naturally that’s what I’ve been doing.

Something I’ve learned from this life changing accident is that some people don’t have a healthy way to handle grief or any way to handle grief so I want to take some time to explain some ways to handle grief (and before anyone says it’s not ok for me to use the accident as a blog topic please understand this is one of my forms of grieving).

One of the best ways I’ve found to deal with grieving is to journal. As you can see below, I’ve listed some prompts to help you journal through your grief if you don’t know where to start.

Another great way to “journal” is to simply write down everything you’re feeling and why. Sometimes seeing it will help you work through it as opposed to just trying to navigate those feelings mentally.

Before I end this I do want to say how much I will miss my father in law and what a truly amazing man he was. I always felt accepted and truly loved by him. His love for our children was so immense and unmeasurable. I will miss the social media notifications that he would leave me every day and him always trying to talk us into the flu shot. I will miss him giving our daughter chocolate when she was upset just so she wouldn’t cry. He was an amazing father, father in law, and grandfather. We will always miss you and wish you were with us, Dan. I look forward to the day we will see you again, until then have a good time with our angel babies.