Dear Daddy,

Hi Daddy, I really don't want tomorrow to get here. You never told mom when you send the birthday cards, and now I have nothing to open tomorrow morning. And I don't even want to open it, because it wont be right. I don't want tomorrow to get here because I wont get an "Asa Asa" birthday phone-call from you, singing off key and doing your best not to laugh too loudly at yourself. I don't want tomorrow to get here because there is no 29th of this month, so we share this day. I don't want tomorrow to get here, because just today I went to call you and tell you about work. It's still not sinking in. I don't want tomorrow to get here, because I don't want people to tell me "Happy Birthday". I'm sorry I cry all the time, Daddy. I know you don't want me to cry. Tomorrow, after work, I'm getting myself a birthday present. I promise, I'm paying for it, you don't have to check the credit card statement! Reme...

Hi Daddy, I wrote this today, what do you think? What it’s like to lose your Dad as a young adult. 1) Unless They’ve Also Lost a Parent as a Young Adult, They Suck. If you lost your parent, and they got to live a healthy (or even unhealthy) life for a majority of your life, then you don’t get it, and I don’t want to hear that you “understand”, because you don’t.  To be more clear, if your parent passed away after living to be at least 70 OR you lost a parent after the age of 35, you don’t get it. Your parent got to see you get married, have children, buy a house, pay off a loan, get a dream job, get a PhD, live out dreams, set and achieve goals, whatever it is/was. My dad will never see my brother and I achieve ANY of those milestones. So, again, if you can check most of those items off of your list, then you don’t get it and I cannot relate to you. Side note- the loss of your grandparent, cousin, uncle, cousins uncle’s grandparent, does not compare to th...