My dad is gone

I just realized I didn’t post about my father’s death in 2016. The real reason I departed from blogging that year was simple. After my post on my birthday he died one month later. I was in a tail spin. I had not fully rested. I was mad the nursing home did such a poor job. I was mad Cmha messed up my dad’s belonging. So many emotions and feelings to work through not in a public forum. I spread my father’s ashes at the MLK monument AND enjoyed my first trip via train with my boys. I met my relatives from my mother’s side of the family I had never met before and realized I have kindred spirits in my mother’s side where I am a black sheep in my father’s side. My strength comes from strong women I never had the pleasure of meeting before the age of 26. I finally get to see the whole picture that equals me. So 2016 was rough, but it catapulted me in to this magnificent 2017 year. I am overflowing with happiness and enthusiasm for the years to come.