When light becomes too heavy

When I first read the news that Emman, the beautiful and brilliant daughter of my friend, TV host Kim Atienza, had passed away, I froze.

- Gossip Girl GISelle Sanchez

As a mother of a 16-year-old and a 22-year-old, my heart shattered. You immediately put yourself in the shoes of the parent—the unbearable thought of losing your child, the desperate wish that you could have done something, said something, held them just a little longer. No parent should ever have to bury their child.