It Hurts to Be Human

This is my dad. I miss him today. That's really all there is to say but somehow I feel so full of emotion that I need to put some of it here.

It's amazing how we can hold someone so close to our hearts but still remember all the hurts and pain that was inherent in the relationship. It's hard to embrace the humanity of it all. We rise and fall. We succeed and fail. We hurt others and they hurt us.

But in the end we connect. We want to bridge the pain and celebrate the love. But it can be hard. It hurts.