🌿 Grief comes in many forms. It is not always death… it just happens to be the one that speaks the loudest, the most visible. I began learning about grief and loss at a very young age. Aunts, uncles, friends… then grandparents. Then the quieter losses— relationships changing, losing respect for people who once mattered deeply. Grief is not just one moment. It is many. It moves through sadness, through memory, through absence… and it flows in cycles. 🌊 Your body never fully releases grief. It doesn’t forget. It simply teaches you how to keep living while carrying it. And then… the wave returns. The pain. The shock. The tears. As if it all just happened again. 🕯️ Today Today is one of those waves. Not because it is the day of loss… but because it is a day of remembrance. A remembrance of a love that wasn’t finished. For me, it is 14 years of birthdays that didn’t get to happen. 🌿 Honor how you feel. Honor how your body processes. Honor the way you have continued forward while carrying something that never truly leaves. Honor the loss. And honor your life— the love that still lives within you even when it has nowhere physical to land. What hurts is not the loss alone… but the love that continues to echo.