01/18/2026
Today marks my dad’s birthday .
And it also marks two years of being open—open in my grief, open in my healing, open in my work.
Taking a leap of faith to lead others.
Grief doesn’t move in a straight line. It circles. It revisits. It softens and sharpens all at once. Some days it feels quiet, almost gentle. Other days it arrives without warning and reminds me that love doesn’t end when someone dies.
Losing a parent changes you. It rearranges your sense of safety, time, and identity. And yet… it can also deepen your capacity for compassion, presence, and truth.
These past two years of being open—emotionally, spiritually, professionally—have been shaped by grief. By learning how to carry love forward instead of trying to “move on.” By allowing myself to be human in a world that rushes healing.
If you’re grieving today, especially a parent:
You are not behind.
You are not broken.
You are loving in a new form.
Grief is love with nowhere to go—and still, it finds a way.
I carry you, Dad. Always.
🕊️💙
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