Signing off for awhile

I thought 2024 was a heck of a year.
2025 didn’t let up, even this close to the new year.

Today, on December 24, 2025, the woman who loved me more than any other woman in my life passed away. That woman was my mother. It was completely unexpected, and a shock to everyone.

I know myself well enough to realize my creativity will be empty for a while. When something like this happens, I need to step back, take a minute.

These things happen more often than we like to admit. I’ve known many people this year who lost parents, partners, loved ones. Heads go down, life keeps moving, somehow we carry on.

In the end, it hurts, we sometimes wonder why we’re still here when they’re gone, but we keep living for them. That’s the plan at least. It’s just going to take a minute.

I didn’t want to disappear without saying something. Over the years, TheRetroDad.com brought me good friends, acquaintances, and people I didn’t want to leave hanging.

Thank you for stopping by.
Thank you for the support, past, present, and future.
I’ll see you soon.
— D
TheRetroDad.com

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