My seemingly healthy, strong father Daniel “Dad Timpf” Timpf died very unexpectedly on the evening of May 7 at just 69 years old.
It does not seem like enough to simply call him my father, because he was so much more than that. He was my rock, my hero and my best friend. He was loyal, funny, kind, selfless, hard-working, and so devoted to his children that it was impossible to be near him and not find yourself inspired. He was a writer, a painter, a sailor, and somehow knowledgeable on every subject from world history to literature to accounting. He was the most dependable person anyone has ever met. I always felt like, as long as I had his phone number, there was not a problem I could not solve. I needed him here with me; I am not okay, and I am far from the only person who feels this.
The birth of my son in February 2025, his first grandchild, was supposed to be a happy new beginning for our family. A family that had been already once devastated by an untimely loss: the loss of my mother Anne Marie to a rare disease in 2014 just a matter of weeks after her diagnosis.
The joy of my son’s birth was, of course, complicated by my also very unexpected breast cancer diagnosis just a matter of hours before going into labor with him. During this time, my dad did what he did best, which was to save the day. As soon as he heard about my diagnosis, he simply got into the car and started driving to New York -- making it through the tunnel just as my son was born…on the day that happened to be his own birthday, as well.
In the tumultuous time of a simultaneous new cancer diagnosis and new baby, my dad was the sole reason for our stability, rushing in to help care for our son, and returning to do so again for my double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and any time that we ever needed him. It was an awful, awful year… but I found so much joy and hope throughout it by watching the beauty of a very special relationship form between my son and my father. This horrible thing that was happening was creating such a very special bond between the two of them -- almost making the terrible thing worth it -- and I was so excited to see how that bond would grow.
The bond was of top priority for my father, who visited from Michigan often. I saw him last on the Monday before he died, and my son was so proud to help his grandfather push his suitcase down to the car as he left. The goodbyes were quick. Why wouldn’t they be? We would all see each other again at the beginning of June, when we would all head to Texas for my shows and to see my grandpa. We wanted to make sure that my son could spend as much time as he could with his great-grandfather. He is, after all, 93.
I was certainly not over the trauma of my cancer or having to amputate the breasts I so badly wanted to feed my son with, but the one thing I could always count on to get me through my worst moments was seeing my son’s and my father’s faces light up when they saw each other, be it during the visits or our routine morning and bedtime FaceTime calls.
That is, at least, until I had to hear over the phone from a doctor I had never met in an emergency room in the same town up north that I’d previously announced to my father that I was pregnant that my dad was dead; I would never see him again, and neither would my son. It would turn out that last year was not the hard one, after all. Rather, it was the one I would now do anything to relive. I would amputate my breasts every year just to be able to speak with him one more time, even for five minutes.
I am currently living an unimaginable horror. For many people, this is a tragic story. For me, it’s my life. I do not know how I will recover from it. I only know that I have to for the sake of what is left of my family.
🚨 BREAKING: The media is now pushing the claim that Trump supporters think his Cabinet choices are “too extreme” — and that YOU supposedly regret voting for him.
So let’s clear this up right now:
Do you regret voting for President Trump?
A. Yes
B. No
79 years old and still the hardest working President in recent history, how much do you still trust this man?
A) 100%
B) 50%
C) 0%
Better answer this one correctly.
🚨 BREAKING — IT’S OFFICIAL: President Trump has SIGNED an executive order RESTRICTING the use of mail-in ballots nationwide
This SHOULD go into effect before the 2026 midterm elections
A temporary measure until the SAVE America Act is passed! 🇺🇸🔥
🚨BREAKING: President Trump just posted a bombshell report that Eric Swalwell WORKED with Adam Schiff to leak classified information to trigger an investigation that would ultimately OVERTHROW the Trump administration
Swalwell and Schiff are CRIMINALS and must be expelled from Congress!
JOHN SOLOMON: "One of the guys that's in here is Eric Swalwell. Now, that is second-hand information from the whistleblower, but the whistleblower actually attended a meeting with Adam Schiff when he was a ranking member."
"He tells the FBI, where Adam Schiff authorized the leaking of classified secrets to dirty up Donald Trump and to try to build towards either a select committee in Congress or a special prosecutor!"
What's your response to this......??👀
Do you firmly support Trump on this?
A. Huge Yes
B. No
IF Yes, Give me a THUMBS-UP👍!!
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏
🚨 BREAKING: California is facing mass demands for a sweeping audit after MAJOR FRAUD was exposed — 18% of the entire United States' home health comes from just LA county
The single county has more hospice agencies than 36 states combined! x.com/i/status/20180…
ONE doctor was caught billing taxpayers $120M fraudulently
"A cluster of 287 hospice providers, in a 2-mile radius, some in strip malls, unmarked buildings, even a wrecking yard and vacant lot. All of it is just paperwork. I could fill that out in Kazakhstan if I want and get a hospice license waiting for me!" 🤯
Gavin Newsom is not only allowing it but is COMPLICIT.
🚨 JUST IN: Video shows federal agents SURROUNDING the home of Minnesota leftist activist Georgia Fort, who masqueraded as a “journalist” while attacking a St. Paul church
LOTS of FAFO happening today! 🔥
Can’t WAIT to see the video of Don Lemon’s arrest 🤣
🚨BREAKING: MASSIVE VICTORY: Supreme Court UPHOLDS Texas' 2026 Congressional redistricting map in a 6-3 ruling
This means +5 RED SEATS! Jasmine Crockett and Al Green are being booted out of Congress.
Are you happy with this?
A. Big yes
B. No
IF Yes, Give me a THUMBS-UP👍!!