I have only been on this planet for 6,122 days

So picking the most impactful day of my life seemed impossible

However, one day impacted the rest 

My aunt was diagnosed with an irreversible illness

It wasn’t just this day though

The day I was sitting on my phone oblivious in the backseat of the car

When my mom’s voice cracked she had something to say  

When my throat tightened in the back of my mouth 

When the words I could have never imagined slipped out of her mouth

You were right 

She is Sick

She won’t get better

Little did I know this diagnosis would change every day from that point on

Her illness is invisible 

That only makes it worse 

A beautifully woven spider falling apart

Every leaf falling off a tree in the fall

An ice cream cone slowly melting off its cone

Until it feels like there’s nothing left

This day has made me feel like the walls of my castle are falling

This day has brought me more loneliness and pain than any person has ever

But it was just a day 

Out of the 6,122 days that Thursday was just one of them

But I lost something on that day

Hope