GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people spent Sunday celebrating their father, but Father’s Day is not necessarily a happy time for everyone.
For many people who have lost a loved one, the holiday serves as a reminder of a void in their lives.
“It varies person by person,” said Ashley Huisman, a bereavement manager at Emmanuel Hospice in northwest Grand Rapids. “Some people really want to avoid it and that’s OK. You can avoid the day and you don’t have to feel like you have to participate in it. Others feel left out if they don’t get to.”
She said some people find it comforting to discover a way to honor their lost loved one.
It can also be healing, Huisman explained, to celebrate other fathers in a person’s life if they have lost their own.
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