Gratitude Through Grief: A New Journey

Back to back tragedies, created a path that I never wanted to travel. I lost my entire home in 2019. We were displaced for over a year. In 2020 January I lost my mother after a long bought of various illnesses. In October 2020, my husband was in a tragic and fatal motorcycle accident with traumatic brain injury. He never awoke. I brought him home after a long day in the hospital under hospice where I cared for him until he passed in January 2021. We were married for 32 years. My original first love was taken from me on a normal day like so many others. Discovering how I could find gratitude within devastating grief has allowed me to live a life that is full, has happiness, and purpose. Gratitude and happiness absolutely can live together. But gratitude and grief cannot occupy the same space. I choose gratitude every time.