Every year, it sneaks up like it’s something new. The days become shorter. Mornings feelheavier than they should, like gravity has quietly been turned up overnight. The idea of leavingthe house feels like wading through wet cement. And even though I know what’s happening,even though this is familiar, a part of me still whispers, What’s […]

Helplessness doesn’t arrive all at once.It seeps in through the cracks of ordinary moments.It’s standing in a room that hasn’t changed, while everything else has. The chair is still wherethey left it. Their name still lights up old messages. The world keeps offering proof that theyexisted, even as it insists, they’re gone.You replay conversations like […]

A little over 20 years ago, I was gliding through life. I was doing the best I could. I had a job thatI loved. I was living on my own in my own apartment. I was rebuilding interpersonalrelationships especially my relationship with my parents. I was surviving and wanted more.I met a guy who we […]