From Loss to Hope: How I Found Joy Again
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” ~Helen Keller
The phone call arrived like a silent explosion, shattering the ordinary hum of a Tuesday morning. My uncle was gone, suddenly, unexpectedly. Just a few months later, before the raw edges of that loss could even begin to soften, my mom followed. Her passing felt like a cruel echo, ripping open wounds that had barely begun to form scabs.
I remember those months as a blur of black clothes, hushed voices, and an aching emptiness that permeated every corner of my life. …