What changes once someone knows how their actions affect you?
The Body Doesn’t Know What to Do With Love It Can’t Touch
Distance took away the closeness. It didn’t take him.
Distance took away the closeness. It didn’t take him.
Before I Saw It Myself
To be loved is sometimes to be seen a little further ahead.
To be loved is sometimes to be seen a little further ahead.
More Than Friends, Less Than Lovers, More Than Nothing
I only lost one word: complicated.
I only lost one word: complicated.
I’d Forgive Sooner
She always promised to keep it short. Now I’d give anything to hear her go on.
She always promised to keep it short. Now I’d give anything to hear her go on.
The Promise I Heard Anyway
He once told me: I’ve never liked anyone the way I like you.
He once told me: I’ve never liked anyone the way I like you.
Maybe Acceptance Is Bigger Than Unconditional Love
Acceptance of the people we love.
Acceptance of the people we love.
Kindness Is Not Rent
The worst of it is that a kind woman is often truly kind.
The worst of it is that a kind woman is often truly kind.
What Stays
On loss that doesn’t announce itself. It just doesn’t leave.
On loss that doesn’t announce itself. It just doesn’t leave.
Not Every Weight Is Poison
Somewhere between good boundaries and quick exits, we lost patience for the ordinary, imperfect person.
Somewhere between good boundaries and quick exits, we lost patience for the ordinary, imperfect person.
The Fullness That Echoes
On certain people who take up all the space and leave nothing behind.
On certain people who take up all the space and leave nothing behind.
I Thought I Was Done With That
Some pain doesn’t ask to be solved. It just asks to be acknowledged when it shows up.
Some pain doesn’t ask to be solved. It just asks to be acknowledged when it shows up.
It Was Real. And It’s Over.
The art of letting go with dignity.
The art of letting go with dignity.
Every One You Lose
You pretend it isn't there.
You pretend it isn’t there.
You Were Never too Quiet. You Were Silenced.
On learning to stop understanding everyone and start understanding yourself.
On learning to stop understanding everyone and start understanding yourself.
Sometimes Disappointment Is Just an Expectation We Never Said Out Loud
There wasn’t a single moment that changed everything.
There wasn’t a single moment that changed everything.















