THE LOTUS LANE

Dad's Been Gone Ten Years and I Still Pick Up the Phone to Call Him

July 31, 2026 · Grief Loss
Dad's Been Gone Ten Years and I Still Pick Up the Phone to Call Him - a story about losing a parent young

Grief doesn't have a finish line, and that's not a failure — it means the person mattered. The people we've lost don't disappear; they keep shaping who we are and who we're still becoming.

“The sun sets, yet it rises again. The moon wanes, yet it waxes once more. Even the dead can be brought back to life... For Nichiren's disciples, there can be no darkness.”

- Nichiren Daishonin, 'On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins', WND-1, p. 444
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