When you lose someone, it’s as if your heart was ripped out of your chest. It is devastating and leaves a hole in your heart that will never heal. It is the most agonizing pain a person can experience.
Unfortunately for me, I was once again in excruciating pain. The same emotion returned. The emotions I felt when I went through a loss. They say that the more you try to avoid the past, the more you become engulfed by it. The more difficult it is to forget. The more you try to run away from it, the more it hunts you. The more it entraps you.
I couldn’t help but think back on our times together. Even though we didn’t see each other quite often, the memories I shared with her remained vivid in my mind, including the sound of her voice and her words of advice.
“Don’t let your rage shape who
