Living a life with purpose and achieving happiness honors the memory of her late boyfriend and justifies her own continued survival.

“I feel like I am honoring his memory by moving on and by living my life as best as I can because I know that he wouldn't want me to suffer”

Survivor's guilt can be overcome by reframing one's experience as a gift and choosing to use it for positive purposes.

“I move from a place of of blame to a place of I think claiming this opportunity. Not that I have to owe anything to what I what I what I am doing and that and that wasn't easy but to understand that I get to instill good things to people.”