What Father’s Day Feels Like for Someone Grieving Their Dad I’ve now spent several Father’s Days without my own dad and my relationship with the day has changed over the years.

Nicole Vassell’s father Glen died in September 2022, leading to a grief with no clear endpoint. As she prepares for her first Father’s Day since her dad’s death, she writes about what it ...

Even though I (like my father before me) am an inveterate crier, my tears still were unanticipated. After all, this was our 12th Father’s Day without our precious dad.

I hate Father’s Day. Not because my father died this year, making it the first without him. It was sudden, but we’d exchanged loving New Year’s greetings 10 days earlier.

It is Father’s Day, but Albert Ojwang’s father sits in silence, not because he wants to, but because the one person who made this day feel special is no longer alive to mark it with him. He ...

How to handle grief on Father’s Day Grief — for a parent, a child, or fertility issues — can be especially heightened during family holidays. These tips could help.

This year is William's first Father's Day without Alexander, 26, who was shot and killed Jan. 28 inside a convenience store. William and his youngest son haven't ridden their motorcycles since.

Being Ruby and Hart’s father was and is central to my identity, writes Colin Campbell. From the moment my kids were born, I was all-in. Now how do I celebrate Father's Day without them?

Michael Hughes had always imagined being a dad, but it didn't eventuate for him. Father's Day is especially painful, as it was the day his wife had a miscarriage almost two decades ago.