Bereavement and Adoption

Hey There. So as many of you are reading this, you may be unaware that I've taken a 2-year break from this blog. This was something I LOVED doing. However, a series of events in my life happened that quite frankly left me in a heavy depression which I am only just now starting to recover from. The first event was an uncle of mine passing away the day before my birthday in 2018. I was kind of expecting this one as he had been ill for a while. Then a friend of mine sadly committed suicide which always breaks my heart and I wish I could have done more to help him. I feel so silly for not picking up all the signs but the best thing I can do is educate myself more and although I have experienced less intense feelings than this, ever since Shannon passed away, I have been so much more aware of what he was going through. I hate that he went through that alone but my mission is to spread awareness and what you can do to help people. The final event happened nearly a year ago. On th...