07/01/2023
My imposter syndrome says that I didn't lose "enough" to have started a company helping others in their loss. Most days and reading your stories, I don't know that it's entirely wrong.
But I AM what comes next. I am the granddaughter you aren't expecting for decades. I am the daughter you won't meet for another 17 years. I am the person born into a family impacted by grief in ways I hope you never understand and I am the one who witnessed firsthand the joy, strength, kindness, and faith that can come out of unfathomable loss. It is with this perspective that I feel so led to this. That every single part of my multi-faceted background brought me here. One year ago this week, I set out to turn this suncatcher crystal into the sympathy gift I couldn't find. I wanted something that would keep those we've lost in our daily lives- an uplifting reminder that their light lives on.
In being surrounded by so many stories of loss these first few months of launching, I've teared up more than once. I've met some truly incredible people looking to spread light in the darkest moments. I've met people grieving out loud so others could feel less alone. I've witnessed love in the truest form. And while thinking about death so much, I've thought about LIFE even more. To work even harder to prove to myself and you that we are here. We are now. Our days and our lives matter. Embracing that every day is magic and that every interaction is a chance to leave someone a little better than we found them.
Your grief may be a mountain right now. You may have it 1000000 times worse than I do. I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am that you are hurting and how badly I wish I could take it from you. But I hope to be here reminding you of the light that can shine in the darkness, of what and who comes next all while sending you love and actual light, always.
