2023 Wrap
2023 was a year of grief, stress, pain, growth, and sweet moments. Each year, I choose a word that I want to work on. 2023 my word was intentional, and I was more intentional in 2023. It wasn't my best year, but one for the books. Grief 2023 brought grief, which seems to never end. The older I get, the more I feel like we are constantly grieving another loss. In 2022, my cousin Esaq passed away. In 2023, my uncle John passed away. My uncle had been sick for many years with cancer, but his health really deteriorated in 2023. He was ill a lot, and my aunt was stretched trying to care for him and also be present for my cousin. This summer also brought the deterioration of my uncle's health. The medicine they were giving him to help with the cancer wasn't helping his quality of life. So, he made the decision in July to stop treatment. This was the right decision for him. I remember sitting in church on Sunday, July 30, and my mom texted me saying they were headed here bec...