Overview

• On July 21, Zak Williams shared an Instagram post marking what would have been his father’s 74th birthday.
• He wrote that his father “lived to make people feel seen” and inspired permission to “feel deeply and to laugh through the pain,” adding that this mission “continues” in his absence.
• Williams described grief as non-linear, saying it “loops and echoes” and highlighted a legacy “built not from fame or recognition, but from generosity and relentless kindness.”
• He noted the period from Father’s Day to his father’s death anniversary as a “tender and complicated stretch of time” that demands compassion toward oneself and others.
• Invoking his father’s values, Zak urged followers to honor loved ones through service and kindness and directed those in need to resources like the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.