Grief is a monster.
It is invisible and stealthy and it will sneak up on you when you least expect it. It will stick to you, inky and dark, hiding in the recesses of your mind until one day it rears its ugly head and everything you supressed for so long crashes down on you like a tidal wave.
Grief is my best friend.
The one I keep hidden from the rest of the world because I know it's not healthy to wallow in self-pity and hatred, but I can't seem to help it.
Grief is the thing that broke us all.
It broke my friendships. It broke my family. It broke me.
How do you fix what is broken when a piece of you is no longer living? When someone you held so dear in your heart has been taken from the world far too soon?
How do you say goodbye? How do you move on?
It took me a long time to figure it out, the secret to moving on and banishing grief from my life. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, and even now the clutches of darkness and despair still reach for me. But I have learned that there is only one way to evade those monsters.
You have to live.
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How To Live
RomanceAshton Stanton has lived in the small country town of Bolton for her entire life. She is known across town as the Mayor of Bolton's daughter and she has been perfectly content living up to her family's high expectations, until her brother and best f...
