Hope grows

It’s a strange feeling having hope and sadness settle on you. Both contradict each other, yet both are present.

I think it’s a part of grieving. Not just the loss of a life but mourning the end of an idea, a dream, or a plan.

I think it’s realizing you’re at another fork in the road but don’t have any direction. Wanting to move forward without knowing where to start.

Mostly I think it’s knowing that you’re going to feel better eventually, except right now you’re sad. And that’s OK.

Because the only way to move on from the sadness is to feel it, process it, and then let it go. That’s where hope grows.

Sarah Lorna