I am a married, work full time and, in school full-time working on a masters degree. A year ago I was in a near-fatal car accident and was left with life-altering injuries. I have been through assault and a lot of trauma. I have been through years of grief, most recently losing my best friend of many years. I know what its like to feel like you don't matter or no one understands you or like the dark days will never end. But I can assure there is hope. Tragedy and grief don't define you. You are more than the pain you have been through.