being unemployed feels peaceful until you start running out of money. then the freedom turns into anxiety, and the quiet days start feeling terrifying.
my father was my first heartbreak, not because he cheated, not because he left me without a reason, but because he left me forever before i could give him all the things i dreamed of giving him.
the hardest part of losing someone is having new stories they will never hear. you still want to tell them about the little things that happened today, the things that made you laugh, the things you wish they could have seen.
no one gets to decide whose grief hurts more. you do not know what someone carries when they go home, what memories return at night, or how much strength it takes to get through an ordinary day. some people cry. some people don't. some talk about it.