To anyone feeling the weight of grief during this season, know that you are seen, loved and valued ❤️‍🩹🫂 It’s been a few weeks since the transition of my beloved grandfather and along with the rollercoaster of emotions, it feels nearly impossible to envision a new year without him in it. To know the unconditional and special love of a grandparent, is to know that love hits so different. “They were old” or “they lived a good, long life” are the platitudes that often unintentionally attempt to dismiss grief. But the fact is, no amount of time with someone you love is ever enough. The light of my life, the most special, my #1 guy, my pop pop — my heart aches with your absence. Eternally grateful for the memories, for the ways in which you impacted my life, for raising me as your own. How lucky am I to have such incredible (and expensive) taste because of you, especially with food, our favorite thing like hello lol! To know both of our lives would have looked so different if we weren’t there to show up for each other like we did. As I sit at our favorite place to spend time together and write this 🌊🐚 I envision you looking over at me from your beach chair, book in hand and a piece of Publix fried chicken in the other, saying “who’s better than us!?” I look around for more signs of you and am reminded of your warmth, your words of encouragement, your vulnerability, the lessons you’ve instilled in me, your contagious laugh and your meannn two-step. Enamored by the man that you were, flawed and often a pain in the a— lol but you were still so perfect to me 🥹 Keep protecting, guiding and lighting the way for me, like you always have 🌞🕊️ I feel so grateful and lucky to have you live within me. I will miss you for the rest of my life, thank you for everything. Your sunshine, forever xx 11.24.38 - 12.9.24