January 6th, 2019
When we lose someone we can talk and think about so many things. Love. Family. Grief. Sadness. Joy. But that's just the thing.... I told my mom that it's a strange thing. Death is the only guarantee in life, the single thing we can bank on. And we know nothing about it. The truth is, we know everything about it. We know that it brings people together. We know that it reminds us how important life truly is. We know it encompasses every emotion known to man all at once and one by one. We learn from it and we live from it. Death inspires art. Death inspires poetry. Death inspires science. Music, literature, philosophy, religion… an unending list of beautiful things born out of grief and darkness. I think what we can take away from this is what each of us chooses. We can choose to grieve. We can choose anger. Both are emotions that have run through my veins on such occasions. But I also chose not to hold on to them. I reach for every little drop of love and