"Dear Dad - My First Year Without You" is my journal from the first year after losing my dad. Writing these letters and entries has helped me process my grief and make sense of the emptiness he left behind. It captures the real ups and downs of loss, the sadness, the disbelief, the small moments of laughter, and the quiet ways life keeps moving.

This blog is for anyone who has loved deeply and lost someone who shaped them. It’s honest, tender, and grounded in real life, a reminder that grief doesn’t end but changes and becomes part of who we are."

— Tara Quinlivan