On February 5th, 2015, his mother committed suicide.
“[After] that was a really rough period for me and that’s where I started to flourish, I know that sounds weird to say. That’s when I was really forced to examine myself and find myself as an artist, a person, a friend, and a brother.”
Dwight Junior says that the loss of his mother made him realize the importance of the moments that he has to spend with people. “I think when I lost her, I started understanding the importance of life and having genuine people around you.”
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He says that after the death of his mother, he had a lot of trouble understanding how to trust God.
“Before it was like, you pray for something and it happens or God works it together, like ‘Yeah, I trust Him,’ but when something that big doesn’t happen you get to a part where I don’t have a reason to trust God, I just trust him because he is God.”[/column]
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“There were a lot of times after losing my mom that I didn’t want to necessarily get out of bed and live another day and do this. I was wrestling in my faith, it wasn’t just that I miss my mom… I genuinely didn’t know how to move about in my faith anymore because it didn’t feel the same…”
