Gabrielle Monroe

I have always had a love for writing. I graduated high school in 2008 and completed some college but did not earn a degree.

In 2017, I worked on a blog of my own until 2019. Due to the lack of support and views, I allowed myself to give up on something that was so important and dear to me. My blog was created for women's empowerment, to be a place we could come together as a support group for one another instead of us tearing one another down.

I have included a piece I wrote for my blog page below:

"Death is never easy to deal with. Yet it is a part of life’s cycle. It seems to be better when you can prepare for the passing of a loved one compared to an unexpected passing. I have loved ones that have passed in different ways and none any easier than the next. 

My grandparents have passed from being ill. Cancer and diabetes. Though it was known they were sick and they may pass when they do it’s still so hard to take in. The only comfort found in this is that they are no longer suffering. My grandparents, dealt with chemo, and dialysis. Both take a major toll on the body and slowly can cause a person to change because of it. My granny got to the point she couldn’t walk and was moved using a hoist from her bed, to her chair, to her bath and back. Before this she was on the go so it was hard to see that change. 

I’ve had friends that have been murdered and boy does that hurt. To be here one day making plans for the next and then gone. To just have their life taken from them is what hurts. Who are they to have the control over who lives and dies? Who are they to take a life? Leaves family and friends behind with so much pain for that life to have ended the way it did and so suddenly. To wonder whether they suffered or not, and if they died alone.. Enough to drive one crazy. "