3 Tips for the First Father’s Day Without Dad
The author’s late husband, Dennis, with their two kids in 2015. Photo by Rebecca Ort Photography
If you’ve been widowed in the past year, and you have kids, you may be staring down a very unwelcome date on the calendar: The First Father’s Day Without Dad.
I remember our first Father’s Day without my husband, Dennis. June 19, 2016. He had died a few months earlier, after an eight-month-long battle with inoperable brain cancer. Our kids were 9 and 11.
I was plagued with doubts.
What do we do about Father’s Day?
Is there any way to avoid it being a disaster?
Can we just ignore the day altogether?
No matter which way I thought about it, I couldn’t convince myself that Father’s Day wouldn’t be miserable that year. And probably every year thereafter, for that matter.
I’ve learned a lot since that first Father’s Day. If this year marks the first Father’s Day without your kids’ dad, here are a few suggestions you may find helpful.
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