“When a sibling dies, it is like a deep hole implodes inside of you. It's as if the hole penetrates you and leaves you gasping for air.”
"Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate."
- Alan D. Wolfelt
Love
"If you loved your sibling, you will grieve. Even if you had a difficult or ambivalent relationship with your sibling, you will grieve."
- Alan D. Wolfelt
Adversity
"The death of a parent is always difficult, no matter your age. Even if we logically understand it is a natural part of life, the emotional impact can be profound."
- Alan D. Wolfelt
Adversity
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity