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When “Ghost” Became More Than a Song: How Music, Loss, and Memories Found Me Through Justin Bieber

 There are certain songs that are more than just songs. They are not simply melodies, lyrics, or a collection of instruments arranged in a certain way. Sometimes a song becomes a time capsule. Sometimes it becomes a doorway back to a moment, a person, or a feeling that you thought you had buried deep inside yourself. Sometimes a song finds a part of you that you did not even realize was still hurting. For me, that song is “Ghost” by Justin Bieber. Before I talk about why this song means so much to me, I have to talk about something that changed the way I experience music forever: losing someone I loved. In 2019, my uncle passed away. At the time, I did not fully understand how much that loss would affect me. I had experienced sadness before. I had experienced disappointment, stress, and difficult moments in life. But this was different. This was the first major loss that truly shook me. This was the first time someone important to me was gone, and there was no fixing it, no going b...