You don't have to be brave. Let yourself mourn the loss of someone so special as your dad. Cry - you will feel better. But as the others have said, think of the good times you had with him. He is in a better place - we are the ones feeling the loss and the pain and the how do we go ons. I love to look at pictures of my son (2 years ago this July he died) and think of things we did together. Funny things he said or did. His birthday is just a couple of weeks away and like you I know it is going to be tough.

As for a joke - (will make you groan more than smile though)

A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something
to eat.

He came across two men: One was sitting under a tree reading a
book; the other was typing away on his typewriter.

The lion quickly pounced on the man reading the book and devoured
him.

Even the King of the Jungle knows readers digest and writers cramp.


Will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.