Obituary

"in many ways, this book is a goodbye letter. a goodbye to my older sister. a goodbye to my childhood. a goodbye to an innocence i'll never know again. in other ways, it's an acceptance letter. i'm accepting my grief. i'm accepting adulthood. i'm accepting that love and hope are everywhere: in my family, my past, my present, my future, and myself. i have poured my heart into each poem in this book. i started this collection when i was 18, and at 21 i'm letting it go. i hope readers will find comfort in themselves and their grief, and i hope my words help just a little bit with that." jamie l. reeves, author