Contemplating On Life and Death On a Deceased Loved One’s Birthday

It isn’t all about the loss of life, it’s also about reflecting on invaluable memories and lessons learned as well.

Sure, the headline would’ve caught more eyes had I replaced “Deceased Loved One" with “Dead Brother", which was the initial title that came to me.

However, dead brother, not only feels unnecessarily harsh and blunt, but in this case it would be semi-misleading being today is my deceased cousin’s birthday.

He was very much like a big brother to me, as I was very close with his younger brother, and spent nearly every weekend at their house growing up.

Their mother, my blood Aunt and Godmother, was very much like a second mother to me growing up and in many ways she still is, we’re that close.

Still though, in this case it would feel like I was misleading my audience for the wrong reasons and using a deceased loved ones death as a means to profit off of, so it was a matter of integrity.

Integrity is something I learned in part, from the deceased relative this post is dedicated to, along with so many other things I hold onto dearly deep within.