When my dad died, I told myself that it'll probably take me a year or so before I could openly talk about it and share my thoughts on how it feels to lose a parent. And now after a year has passed, I feel like I should share the realizations and lessons that I got from this chapter of my life. That's my dad. Always ready for an #ootd photo just like me. Losing a parent is by far the most painful thing I have ever experienced. It was all the more painful to me, as I was such a daddy's girl . Anybody who knows me well enough would also know how attached I am to my dad and how we are so much alike. It felt like losing your father and best friend at the same time. Weeks before his passing, the days were unusually quiet and peaceful. Everything looked perfect and there was nothing more anyone could ask for. But life has its way of stirring things up. And on the dawn of Sept. 7, 2017, I got a call saying that he's gone. Like a flame instantly put out