2019's Loss
It's August...only and this year, my family has had a downfall with deaths. It seems like the book of life is closing early on me because since the beginning of the year, I've been slammed with death in the family. I seem to be losing more family members than I want and just as I think I'm strong again, a wave of loss hits stronger than before. As a child, you always assume that your parents, any loved ones for that matter, will never stray from you. You will always have each other and no matter what, you'll never grow old. Sickness will never enter your life and happiness is all you will know. I remember growing up never having anything to worry but the thought of what am I going to do the next day to find enjoyment. As an adult, we learn that things happen without cause and we must learn to pick up our feet and move on. We must learn to heal from life's disaster and figure out a way to find hope in the darkest of times. That is the adult life we are never pr...