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Dad went to be with the Lord Sunday morning.

Hopefully he’s already started moving into the dream home he was building last week.

We knew this was coming, but nothing fully prepares you for when it actually happens… simultaneously you feel the life having finally left someone you love; you feel empty and foggy, but also relieved to know they’re at peace now.

Dad’s more than OK. He’s got a new body now, no pain, no discomfort.

It’s always us left behind to deal here on Earth that experience the pain. There’s an odd comfort in that.

What is good or bad?

Is it bad that my dad was sick in the hospital for a month and we had to go through such an emotional rollercoaster together? Or is it incredible that we had time together as a family, despite the circumstances, to be together and to say all we needed to say?

Is it bad my dad had three major organs not working — heart, liver, kidneys — preventing him from being a candidate for transplants? Or is it beautiful that we got a call from the hospital the day dad passed… that dad was a donor, and with our donation we gave someone SIGHT, helped countless burn victims, and aided in multiple surgeries that allow people to save limbs or have newfound mobility?

Dad’s currently in Milwaukee — his body, that is — touching over 100 lives with his tissue donations.

Dad was a builder. Look at him… he’s rebuilding people’s lives and hope from the other side.

I couldn’t be more proud to be that man’s daughter.

The Hustle

Grief teaches you about priorities. Everything trivial falls away.

Time both slowed down and sped up this last month in the hospital. It felt like we were there a year but also a singular day. I wasn’t scrolling socials, didn’t watch the news, didn’t take meetings. I was just present with dad and mom.

The emails that felt urgent weeks ago? They waited. The meetings that seemed important? Canceled. The hustle that normally drives you? It shifts to focusing completely on the people you love and just being with them.

But what doesn't stop is the work of living. The work of honoring someone by continuing to build what they believed in and carry on their legacy. The work of showing up for the people who are still here.

Dad spent his life building things to withstand harsh weather. Now it's my job to make sure the parts of him that live in me last too — His work ethic. His humor. His way of showing up for people without making a big deal about it. His need for nothing.

The hustle isn't about grinding through grief. It's about carrying forward what matters.

It's about making sure his legacy doesn't end with his organ donations, as beautiful as those are. It's about making sure the lessons he taught, the love he gave, the example he set... that all keeps building too.

I’m easing back into work. Healing from this will take a long, long time — you don't move on quickly from love and grief like that.

But sitting still isn't how I honor him.

Building is.

The Chill

There's this moment in grief where you realize love doesn't end.

It just changes form.

Dad's not gone. He's everywhere. 

He's in the sight someone will have because of his donation. He's in the mobility someone will regain. He's in the burn victim who will be able to heal. He's in every joke I tell, every card game I play, every perfectly timed under-the-breath comment I hear.

That's the ripple effect that really matters. Not just the medical donations — though those are beautiful. Kinda weird too — like I’m going to see my dad in some stranger — but we won’t go there. 

It’s in the way one person's love keeps expanding long after they're gone.

The grief is real. The missing him is real. But so is this: love multiplies. Always. Even in loss. Especially in loss.

I’m excited for what comes in this next chapter — even more focus on people, more legacy building, more opportunities to heal, more chances to have hard conversations that can make other people feel less alone.

I’m choosing to find the beauty in this painful time.

There is always good to be found. If dad could find it, I will too.

Upcoming Shows

I’m getting my sea legs back this week after halting everything for the last month.

Thursday March 5th — headlining The Breathing Room, Chicago’s most intimate comedy show (doors 7pm, show 8pm) 3419 W. Fullerton — RSVP

Friday March 6th — Don’t Tell Comedy in Grand Rapids Michigan

Then back to Wisconsin for shows and to help my mom go through her and dad’s house…

Thursday March 12th — headlining The Tasting Room Madison, Madison WI

Friday March 13th — headlining Madison Club, Madison WI — Comedy for a Cause which benefits veterans (my dad was a vet — mom is too)

Love you all and cheers to the hustle + chill. We find the good in hard things.

xx NPH

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