A couple of weeks ago, we spoke with Lisa Valentine Clark about the grief she experienced

following the loss of her husband. Today, we talk with Gabrielle Sciozawa about her grief

following the death of her father. I want to start today's episode by reading a passage

that is found in Gabrielle's new book One Breath at a Time. It is titled You Will.

You think you will never feel joy again, but you will. You will feel euphoria at Niagara

Falls, drenched in spray, mouth gaping wide and laughing. You will eat buttered popcorn

at movie theaters and laugh your heart out with your friends. You will hold a sleeping

baby in your lap and will lit cookie dough ice cream as it drips down your wrist. You

will go boating at sunset and watch the Sherbert sky turn the turquoise waters into golden

rippling art. There will be sunshine. You will bask in it. The light will come through

again and you will wrap your fingers around a new kind of joy. You will live again, better,

more fully. Not in spite of what you've lost, but because of it. For the dichotomy, you

now know for the despair and the joy. You are hurting my dear, but you will heal. You

will feel peace even inside of this pain. For you will come to know your savior better

than you ever did before. You will feel the complex joy of being human in its full

list. You are learning now what it means to fall apart. You will learn soon enough how

Christ puts you back together. I know it is impossible to imagine feeling joy again when

the hurt runs so deeply you can hardly breathe, but I promise you, you will. Gabrielle Chiosauwa

plans to spend her whole life bringing people together through stories. She is pursuing

a bachelor's degree in journalism from Brigham Young University where she endeavors to

try new things and conquer her fears whenever possible. Gabrielle has been published in YA

Weekly, the Palouche Review, the Las Vegas Sun, and the Daily Universe.

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