Note to Self…

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February 16, 2022

When I lost you, Justin, I lost a part of myself. I lost a piece of my past and a vision for my future.

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I will never be the person I was before your death. Others may want me to return to the “old” me, but that is impossible.

 

There is no returning to that person.

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The person who emerges from this grief will be the person I become going forward, and who that person will be has yet to be determined.

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There is no timeline and no set path.

 

There is only my path.

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To honor you, Justin, I promise to do the following:

I will not let my grief define me.

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I will make the conscious choice to move through my grief, mourn the loss of you, and heal in my own time.

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I will not quit on myself.

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Justin’s Sister