The loss of my father has been the biggest regret of my life. Prior to doing this project I had been in a constant state of regret bottling most of these feelings up, which can be a very toxic thing to do. I wanted to share my story with others, hoping that I could change the way society values their time. It has been eight years and I had not spoke about that day to anyone, not even my mother. I started this project with the intentions of helping people through my photographs, and by listening to their stories. I have asked complete strangers to come and spend some time with me one on one and to carry with them an object that significantly means something to them that pertains to their story. They sat seemingly alone in a darkened room with only a spotlight on them. I hoped as they spoke about this regret that they could come to terms with it emotionally since they might be vocalizing something they had never put into words. Some of my subjects revealed that they are still ashamed by the thing they regret, some revealed that they have come to terms with their regret after speaking with me and in some cases the meaning of the object they had brought with them had changed for them after this experiment. Everyone received the same instructions and I had no prior knowledge of their object or their story prior to photographing them. The stories that were revealed to me were sometimes uncomfortable for me to hear but as I listened I realized my view on life and the struggles of others, had also changed. Some of my subjects acknowledged that by putting their regret into words and saying it out loud was beneficial to them. These stories were more than just unspoken thoughts, but a way to become enlightened so that we may live a fuller life.