Category: My grief journey
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October 22, 2020
Dear Sister, There are so many things I admire about you and have to thank you for. Let me just start with saying thank you for just being you. You are everything I aspire to be. You are confident, strong, determined, loving, kind and generous. You don’t have a bad bone…
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11.28.2022
(Written 11.22.2022 Edited: 06.28.2026) It’s hard to believe this was a reality just 3 years ago when more times than not you could take one look at her and not know for one second that she was very, very sick. She hid it well but I resent her for that. Maybe I shouldn’t feel that…
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10.03.2025
I wish you knew me before losing the most influential person in my life, my sister and then maybe you would have stuck around to actually know me and know me more than a surface level. Death changes you. Especially your best friend and sister. Maybe if you had known me before that trauma… you…
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02.28.2021
My sister was 29 when she passed away. She had a rare, terminal disease called pulmonary hypertension. Diagnosed at 22, she was a retired professional ballerina who turned to nursing school for a career. The doctors told her there is no point in even APPLYING to school because her disease wouldn’t allow her to succeed.…
Fearfully & Wonderfully Brave 