Dear My Therapist

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Sometimes I wish I was the one who died.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>After a school shooting stole the life of my boyfriend Mario the only person I could truly be myself with I'm left with a grief that no one understands. How do you mourn someone when your love was a secret? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>My therapist said writing might help so I started putting pen to page. They're my attempt to make sense of everything-the guilt the pain the memories of a love that was cut short. But each letter only brings more questions: How do I love again when everything seems lost? How do I keep going when the world feels so broken? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>As I navigate the wreckage I'm forced to face hard truths about my faith my sexuality and a world where gun violence is just another tragic reality. But it's also a story of hope. I meet others who help me learn how to advocate for myself and fight for a future that feels possible.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Dear My Therapist</em> is a fresh heartbreaking yet hopeful coming-of-age story. Tackling gun violence grief faith sexuality self discovery and the hope that somehow even after everything there's still a chance to love again this is a moving work of fiction perfect for young adults.</strong></p>