Daughters of Olympus

by Hannah M. Lynn

How happiness can be so deeply intertwined with grief, so it would not be possible for the joy to exist had the pain not been present beforehand.

Happy and sad

As those who have lost will know, grief has the ability to twist time. To make every second feel as though it is an eternity,

Time with loss

“Grief does not know limits on time.”

I believe this

To choose a name is a gift few of us are granted, though I wish more were allowed that freedom. A name is not merely a cluster of sounds, it is the identity we offer to others before we even show our face. Names are rich with our history and heritage. They help shape our place in the world.

What a name means

And the longer something entwines itself around you, the harder it is to break loose.

This is true