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The truth was, when Poppy died, all light vanished from my world, and I’d been stumbling around in the dark ever since.
I felt Poppy’s absence like a noose pulling tighter around my neck day by day.
Grief was walking through a minefield with no protection or guide.
“If someone judges you for how long it’s taking you to move past a loved one’s death, be happy for them, because it means they’ve never experienced it.”
“I can’t speak on your brother’s behalf. But sometimes we keep things to ourselves, so soul destroying that they can tear us apart inside.”
“Sometimes, people don’t let their loved ones know how much they are hurting because they don’t want to bring them pain too.”
“I have always loved science. Like the definitive answers it can give.” I shrugged. “But there are no definites when it comes to death—except that we will all face it, one day.”
“When it comes to suicide,” Leo said carefully, “especially notable in men is the lack of talking.”
“Around eighty percent of all suicides in the United States are men. It’s one of our biggest killers.”
“It’s not heavy,” she said and squeezed my arm. “If it unburdens you, then it’s the lightest weight in the world.”
“Depression is a sickness that eats away at all happiness and light until there is nothing left but hopelessness and despair. Like cancer ravishes the body, depression ravishes the mind, the soul, the spirit. It’s a silent killer, stealing life away gradually, moment by moment, extinguishing all light from the soul.”
“You don’t want your love for her to be lessened by sorrow. You don’t want her to have to share you with residual darkness. Come with me, let us help you, and then give her your entire—healthy—heart. Give her you entirely.”
“We have lost. We know what it is to grieve and miss someone so badly we can’t breathe. But because of that loss, we will love deeper, support each other further, and show up for one another harder. Loss teaches us how to cherish love. That is our future, Cael. Loving one another in the best way we know how—completely.”
