At 6:43 a.m. on November 27, 2019. ‘Your dad is gone.’ At that moment, I didn’t break down and cry. I didn’t have a panic attack, no sobbing, not even an ounce of surprise. Originally posted on Love What Matters : I was recently approached by Emily to share my own journey through grief on […]
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Congratulate yourself! Sometimes you’re right where you’re supposed to be. Happy New Year to all of my readers! I hope you continue to fight through the nonsense 2020 left behind (or dragged unwillingly into 2021) and continue calming the chaos in your life. Every time I was asked about my 2021 resolutions, I realized that […]
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It has now been over a year since we have put my father to rest. What a year it has been. In every single aspect, as a family, our lives have changed. It takes time to get used to that change. It takes hardships to understand the beauty in life around us even during times […]
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“Even though death has torn us apart, your love lives forever inside of my heart” – C.A. Martine 365 days. How? Waking up this morning, my daily routine has pretty much stayed the same. Except that he’s not here. I can’t wrap my brain around the fact that one whole year has passed since we […]
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I’ve been mustering up the courage to write this post. I didn’t even know where to begin. I have not been myself. I have been in a state of limbo. I’ve known for a while, but I pushed it aside. Until I crashed. A tidal wave of emotions hit me two days ago as I […]
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In honour of my recent 26th birthday, I’ve compiled a list of the lessons I learned the hard way throughout the years. Most of them are common knowledge, or cliché but I personally will be printing this list out and keeping it in my workspace as a daily reminder of how far I’ve actually come. […]
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Surrender to the events that you can’t control. Traumatic and depressing things have happened in the last year of your life. Could you have done anything differently for a better outcome? No. Did you make the most of every opportunity – every gifted minute that took place before losing a piece of your heart? Yes. […]
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Legit, right now – let go of it. You might just find that your chaos may simmer down. 1. Comparisons I am the first person to crumble into a million pieces when comparison creeps in. I always need that little reminder to keep consistency and focus on my own path. Your path is your own […]
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If you haven’t been keeping up – I’m in Croatia. After four days of paperwork, urgencies, tests, anxiety and planning, my mother and I landed in Croatia on Tuesday. Within a few hours of landing, we went to see my grandmother, whose health rapidly deteriorated in a matter of hours. We made it on time. […]
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You will never “get over” the loss of a loved one. You simply – learn to live with it. Rebuilding yourself around the loss. You will never be what you were before the loss. Nor should you want to be. I can guarantee that the loss of your loved one brought you to where you […]
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