You've been gone ten years...but it started a journey. Growth from grief.
Ten years. Over five million minutes. A decade. These are all ways to describe the passage of time and usually used in context of trying to communicate to others about the passage of time from an event of significance. “It’s been ten years since I graduated” “It’s been a literal decade since I’ve seen you” “Dude…it’s been over five million minutes since I had that drink” “It’s been ten years since I said goodbye to my Mom.” A decade…five million minutes. My God. When I think about that time. The person I was…what I was going through. Who the most important people in my life were then…I can truly state that the loss of my Mom was a watershed moment in my life which is to say that it is a moment that would impact and alter every moment that came after it. While the core parts of me are still here (A love of family, sense of loyalty, love of God, desire to make people laugh and most importantly…the dance I do...