i still open my dad’s contact just to stare at it like he might call one day.

r/

he passed 3 years ago and i don’t even know why i do it.
the number’s still saved, still unchanged.
sometimes when life’s too much, i just tap his name and sit there like the screen might light up with “calling…”
no one tells you how much your brain lies when you miss someone.

Comments

  1. h8hannah8h Avatar

    I feel you. I still haven’t gotten a new phone because I’m scared I will lose my dad’s voicemails. I lost him 3 years ago too. Know you aren’t alone! ❤️

  2. seventy5dayz Avatar

    Same here. I still have the last texts from my Dad saved in my phone. I wish I still had a voicemail of him telling me who he is as if I couldn’t tell, loved that he would do that ☺️

  3. OkMarzipan3163 Avatar

    My mom and dad didn’t have cell phones, so I don’t have any convos to look at.  I’ve saved some messages from my mom, but that’s it.  
    Keep hold of those memories!  They’re all you have left.

  4. Educational_Gift_407 Avatar

    I can’t bring myself to delete my text thread with my grandmother, but I can’t look at it either

  5. EnvironmentalMine194 Avatar

    My dad decided to ring me off my mum’s phone, months after she passed.

    Literally ‘Saw a ghost’ that day.

    Still haven’t deleted her contact or any texts.

  6. greeneyekitten992 Avatar

    I still have my dad’s number saved. He died 12 years ago. I don’t know why I saved it, but in some odd way, it comforts me when I miss him. Idk maybe I’m weird but I will never delete it.