Ethel

“That’s the part of depression people don’t consider, that at times it physically hurts.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go

“Grief is a grind. It is the work of breathing and waking and rising and moving through a world that feels emptier. A gaping hole has been torn into your existence, and everyone around you just walks right past it like it’s not even there.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go

“Our traumas, the things that injure us in this life, even over time, are not always behind us. Sometimes they linger in the smell of a newborn baby. They surprise us in the taste of a home-cooked meal. They wait in the room at the end of the hall. They are with us. They are present. And there are some days when memories feel more real than those who remain, than the joys of this world.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go

“heard someone say once that when you try to fix people’s hurt, you’re controlling it instead of sitting with them and connecting. I didn’t have the words for it then, but I have language for it now.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go