Dear Josh…

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.

The very stages of grief that I learned about, spoke about, and preached are the very stages I am about to go through myself.

I don’t want to. I can’t. I won’t. I know I have to. Josh, stay with me, my friend.

When I was in mortuary college, I learned about death and dying. I learned about grief. More specifically, the five stages of grief, via Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross.

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.