“June 20, 2020, my mom and step dad walked through the door. My mom looks at me and says, “Al, your dad passed away this morning.” I struggled with this every day and little did I know it was just the beginning of a very long healing journey.
My grandma had a cancer that was considered to be a, “good cancer that wouldn’t kill her.” I was on a trip training for Australian open qualifying. The day before coming home, I got the call that she had passed.
3 weeks later my step dad’s mom passed away. A couple weeks after that my coach Lisa’s dad passed away.
Summer comes and I forgot to sign up for the French open due to a miscommunication. I had a full blown panic attack that put me in the emergency room. The entire trip I struggled mentally, then I started having horrible stomach issues. It took such a toll on my body that I literally broke down when I knew I was okay. The stress I put on my body during these couple of weeks was absolutely debilitating.
I came home and suddenly sta...