As 2014 comes to a close, I’ve found that there are a lot of things I want to leave in 2014. I don’t want to relive how horrible the year started off for me. I don’t want to relive graduating from college, as big of a milestone as that was.
I want to take 2015 by storm and grow and make things I’m proud of. I want to write. I want to read. I want to meet new people and keep my friends extra close.
Most importantly, for me, I don’t want the conversation around grief to hit a standstill.
I want others to know that they’re not alone and that together we’re an army of grievers. All here because we’ve lost someone, all living out our individual journeys.
2015 will be the year I have to face my grandmother’s first death anniversary and my mom’s 12th. These are two dates I know will come and make me hyper aware of my grief and losses, but this doesn’t mean that every other day won’t.
Over the last 12 years I’ve learned that there are every day moments I wish I could share with others, just to know that I’m not alone.
One of my 2015 resolutions is to document those every day moments. I’ll be using Instagram and Too Damn Young blog posts to write every day about what living with loss is like, every day of 2015.
My goal? To show others that even the little things in every day shouldn’t be moments they feel alone. We all go through those.
When does it start? January 1st.
When will they go up? I will probably publish each post at the end of each day. The Instagrams will go up as things happen.
How can you participate? Some days I may have a lot to write about, other days not so much. If you want to share something that happened to you on any given day you can:
(1) Tag us on Instagram — @2DamnYoung
(2) Hashtag #Grief365
(3) Email me with a blog post/image/anything — vivian@toodamnyoung.com
BLOG POSTS
Day 1: A Song and A New Beginning
Day 2: Faith and Writing A Letter To Yourself
Day 3: Meditation, Laughs and A Striking Medium Piece
Day 4: Change is an Even Scarier Thought After Someone Dies
