Sad Inbox

I cleaned out my email inbox, and now all I have is a long list of old emails from my father. I can’t delete or move them so now my inbox makes me sad.

7 responses to “Sad Inbox”

  1. overgrownhobbit Avatar

    Print them out. Store them in a nice box until you have time to bind them into a book for your shelf.

    I did this for my father.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      It’s a great idea but it would be a book the length of an encyclopedia. We emailed constantly and talked for hours every day.

      I miss him enormously.

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      1. overgrownhobbit Avatar

        I also. (My own, I mean)

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        1. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
  2. Occasional Reader Avatar
    Occasional Reader

    My father passed away in 2020 and I still can’t delete his number from my cell phone. One sort of silly thing helped….He loved fruit trees. So I mentally dedicated the cherry tree in my backyard to him. No real reason truly. My husband and I planted it well before he passed and he never even saw it. But I decided that this tree was dedicated to him. (We are going to put a little plaque by it eventually.) Now when I am near it, it brings me a sense if his presence. I even talk to it a little. And who knows? Maybe his spirit pops by for a visit now that he knows it’s “his”.

    But losing a parent is very very hard. It will always hurt. But is a tender hurt filled with sweet memories too.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      That’s beautiful.

      I’m writing a book my father would have wanted me to write more than anything. Why, why didn’t I think of it earlier? The sense of guilt is overwhelming.

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      1. Occasional Reader Avatar
        Occasional Reader

        It’s easier said than done but try to think of this as time you are spending with your father. He is with you and smiling with every sentence you write.

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