Poolside Convo
Well...I'm back...sort of. For those who followed my blog, you know that I haven't been in the writing community since my New Orleans trip all the way back in March 2017. I've been so absent from this universe. A lot has happened. I had a draft saved since December, but I found that my mind wasn't ready to recall the memories and experiences I needed to use for this post. I was just okay, and I needed to feel more at peace and feel some sense of healing and growth in order for me to discuss this. So...I'm finally here. I'm ready to talk about all of it. ~ Brokenness ~ On June 2, 2017, a cousin of mine had passed away. Jillian Baluyot, one of the closest people to my heart, had tragically left the earth. Depression had taken away one of my own. We were close...well...all of my cousins were a tightly-knitted group that was doing life together. But, never in a million years would we expect one of our own to go like this. I didn't know if could make it