Five years ago today I Iost my daughter, Kayln, but the passage of time has not changed my love for her or my longing to see her again. Navigating this path of loss and grief has meant finding the courage to move forward when I would rather go nowhere, feeling broken yet blessed at the same time, feeling despondent that she is gone yet finding hope in my faith. It is not one or the other, all or none. Some days I am at peace, and other days in emotional turmoil. I work to focus on the positive, and I am deeply grateful for the loved ones around me. Yet on days like today, I am painfully reminded of her absence, picturing the future Kayln would have had, and longing for the time we would have spent together. Today is a day to acknowledge the brokenness this loss has brought, commingled with gratitude for the blessing of the twenty years we had with her.