Like a river runs
Two years ago I was having a really stressful time in my life. I had to defend my PhD thesis while my niece was in the newborn intensive care. Her immune system didn't really work well, and we tried to protect her at all cost. But she passed away four months later. After her passing, we had the most stressful time in 2017, while grieving, and confused and hurt and with all that tension and disappointment. I had been through some pretty rough stuff before, but this was the most difficult thing I had to go through in my entire life. But this year, I just feel different. Tomorrow is her birthday, the date she was born, two years ago. Last year I was still a complete mess - there was a lot of other stuff along with the grief, but this year, I decided to do something. I made up a video with photos from my sister pregnant, with my niece while she was with us and with photos from after her death, with all the amazing support and love we got from many different and awesome p...