let. it. go.

For a year I worked to process what happened to our family last July and find peace to move on. 

I wanted to learn from it all, gain whatever wisdom was there to be found in those moments, and put myself back together again. I dug deep.

I prayed and read books and practiced all the self-care I could think of. 

I still felt broken and I just kept digging.

And then it clicked. (Finally... a year later.)

I had to stop digging if I wanted to find my way out of this hole. 

So many of my friends are where I've been this past year. Digging, searching, praying, seeking. 

Friend. Put down the shovel. Stop digging. 

The past does not define you. 

End that old chapter.

Start a new one.

Keep writing your story.

Breathe in love. Exhale the past. 

Let. it. go.