Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept.
I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.
I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.