Mental Health Awareness Week: Learning to Love Better (Even Through Grief) This past week tested me in ways I wasn’t prepared for. I went through the stages of grief❤not because someone died, but because something in my spirit shifted. Shock. Denial. Anger. Sadness. I felt them all. Sometimes it’s not a death that causes grief❤it’s a realization. A mirror held up to your choices. A silence between two people that once felt like home. For me, truth has always mattered. I’ve always searched for facts, trying to understand things from more than just my own feelings. But this week, I had to face something deeper: I am not a victim of my lifeπI am a co-author of it. I’ve learned from past mistakes. I know now that most wrong decisions don’t start with actionsπthey start with thoughts. A moment of emotional weakness. A split-second where you let something tempting grow inside you, when your relationship is already tired or disconnected. And it can happen to any...