Finding the Grief Clearings

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Dec 1, 2023 · 4m

My dad passed away almost ten years ago and I'm still pissed off about it.

Not all the time, and it's now more subtle than it used to be but it’s still there. Sometimes, I find myself envying friends who have their fathers with them. Other times, I see strangers at their grandchildren's soccer games and wonder if they all know how lucky they are. Other times, I'm mad at my father's doctors for not being more perceptive in the last week of his life. Some days, I'm just angry that my father isn't here.

Many times since I lost him, I've had to contend with the sobering realization that life will…