Fearlessness shall be our secret weapon

I was watching The Fault in Our Stars last night when a memory struck me. There's a particular scene in the movie when Hazel told the parents she was worried about what would happen to them when she dies. And the journey to Amsterdam to see Van Houten was to get the answer on how the other characters in the book move on after Anna dies.

From all this, it became important to know how those people will get by once we leave this world.

There's a particular memory when I found out that my uncle whom I'd been very close to passed away. I swore to myself that I would not cry and be strong for the family. How tough it must have been for my cousins who were still young and in school to survive days without the presence of their father.


At the funeral, I asked her, "So, how are things gonna be after this?" and we both broke down in tears. And she said, in the midst of crying, "what else, life must go on.". At that point, I admired her strength.

It has not been an easy journey since then but we all are surviving.