So sorry to hear about your dad. I can't even imagine. It scares me to think about it myself, but I know it is coming as my parents are both getting up there in age.
The hardest thing about life is that the harder you love, the more you are vulnerable to hurt. But I think that love is what this life is truly about, and learning to sit with emotions, be they wonderful or difficult.
Little Ricky has gotten me this really difficult time, I must admit. He is super hard to deal with sometimes, it is true. But having him in my life is just amazing.
Thank you for your kind words!
I told someone this recently, this is so true.
Yet we love them so much...
You are most definitely welcome.