At the beginning of 2022, I wished for growth and discovery. I wanted to grow as a person and discover myself. I wanted to grow in my relationships with others. To love freely and fall in love with the mundane. Here’s the thing, we always wish for growth and discovery, but no one tells us how painful the growing pains are. Sometimes, growing up felt like grieving to me. I was in denial of the changes I was going through. I was angry, sad, and devastated. It hurt to let go of the things I knew as true and it was very difficult to accept the changes that occurred because of it. I lost big parts of myself in 2022. I forgot what makes me happy. I forgot how to exist just for the sake of existing. I forgot how to appreciate the little things instead of focusing on accomplishing them. I will forever mourn the sunsets I didn’t enjoy, the rain I didn't run under, or how I took everyday things like the feeling of warmth seeping from a hot mug for granted. I lost my words at some point, a...