Two months before Janine was supposed to marry her fiancé, Johnny, he tragically passed away. But instead of letting her beautiful wedding dress hang in her closet as a constant reminder of what the couple could have been, she decided to memorialize their relationship and tackle her grief in a unique and beautiful way.
Because Janine loves swimming and finds water symbolic of cleansing and purification, she reached out to photographer Matt Adcock of Del Sol Photography to help her stage an underwater photo shoot of her wearing her white gown.
"I really felt that Johnny was smiling down at me and finally giving me closure that I can live my life in a positive way, but never forgetting why I was here," Janine wrote in a powerful blog post remembering the day of the shoot. Not only was it a way to commemorate Johnny, it also helped her in other ways as well. ”I want to move on and explore the world. I want to meet people who I can share that with. After the shoot I felt like all this was possible.”
Janine also offers advice for those mourning loved ones. “Listen to YOUR heart! You are the most important person and only YOU can help yourself … You have the right to cry and you have the right to be alone (but not too much alone),” she writes. “Reach out for help and never apologize for your actions because you are strong and you will get through this!
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