A grief observed

My dad passed away about 6 months ago, in November. It was both sudden and an outcome I had long awaited. I told friends it was 80% relief, 10% grief, 10% anger. It was a strange, consuming, pervasive feeling that everything had changed, even though nothing in my day-to-day life had. I walked around wanting to tell everyone, though I had nothing in particular to tell them. I wanted to call my mom…