Grief really does sometimes come out of left field.

[phoebesmom]

My dad's been gone a bit over a year, and the other day I was playing an old Seekers album and a song he used to listen to, one of his favorites, "Four Strong Winds," came on and I felt this wave of grief, I had to stop and go do something else. It just came out of nowhere.

[Aeran]

Yeah...it sneaks up on you at the weirdest times. It's been 8 years since my dad has passed and for the most part I'm okay but then all of a sudden I'll feel a wave of grief so strong and such a deep yearning to see his smiling face again, it can be almost unbearable.

Once, the song Operator by Jim Croce came on and the line that says "well, let's forget all that and give me the number if you can find it, so I can call just to tell them I'm fine" brought on a burst of tears because I would like to give my dad a call just to tell him I'm fine like I used to do when he was alive.

Grief sucks. I don't think you ever get over it. You just learn to deal with it so you can function.