Comic actress Mayim Bialik turned serious Tuesday, posting a heart-rending message about the death of her father.
The “Big Bang Theory” star and card-carrying neuroscientist, who is vocal about her Jewish faith, revealed to readers of her Kveller.com blog that Barry Bialik on the second to last day of Passover.
“He had been in hospice for two months,” wrote the 39-year-old former child star. “We knew it was coming. We had months to process and love and grieve and rage at God and all of that.
“And then he died.”
Despite the inevitable prognosis and eleven days of processing the enormity of her loss, Bialik said that she wasn’t sure how much of her private pain to share with fans.
“For those of you who have lost a parent,” she added, “you know how I feel. You tell me you do. For those of you who have lost someone else you were close to, you also tell me you know how I feel.
“But you don’t. Because you’re not me losing my Abba,” she added, using the Hebrew word for “dad.”
Bialik told fans that she “appreciated condolences and care and love, but I am alone in the singularity of my loss.”
She added that she is deep in the trappings Jewish mourning and seemed to be getting spiritual succor from the process.
“For now, I am praying a lot,” wrote Bialik. “And remembering a lot. And crying. And also laughing.”
