I just wanted to say thank you all so much for the well wishes yesterday as I celebrated my late brother. The little messages, texts, and extra support made a difference beyond what words can express. It made a heavy day feel a little lighter, and it gave me so much joy to know people who never even met my brother were thinking of him, that they got to know him and his legacy through me. I worked then stopped by a lovely @ladureeus event, where I tried my best to dress like the packaging. Earlier in the week, I went to a @bananarepublic event, so I wanted to throw in a look at that #ootd too. Two friends took me to dinner last night and gave me little Japanese gifts (my brother loved Japan) and then a floral arrangement containing blue flowers, since blue was his favorite color. My friend said he picked more vibrant colored flowers to represent a celebration of my brother’s life and in some ways, coming back to life after the initial grief. I focus so much more on living and enjoying the current moment I am in, of really being in the present since it is my guarantee, and I don’t want to miss a moment of it. The second year is a lot easier than the first. Easier is not easy; it still feels surreal. But I’m able to focus on the gratitude and joy of having had my brother in my life more than the pain of the loss. Thank you all for being part of a really wonderful support system that helped me throughout this. I’m especially grateful for therapy too; it has been the greatest investment I’ve made in myself over the past few years. Grief has no end date, but I like to think my brother was smiling down on me when I exited the subway last night, listening to Japanese pop music in honor of him and thinking about how alive his spirit is in my own life each day. And I know he would’ve been so moved to know you all thought of him too. 💕