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I’ve had moments where I notice it almost immediately.
Something happens—small or not—and before I’ve even had time to process it, the voice is already there.
I should know this.
I did that wrong.
I can’t believe I said that.
And then, almost righ...
There are moments when something feels off, but you can’t explain why.
Nothing obvious has happened.
Nothing you can point to.
But internally, something isn’t settled.
You might notice it in how you move through your day.
Restless.
Distracted.
Sh...
I remember coming home and reaching for the door—already expecting what would happen next.
The sound.
The movement.
The greeting.
My golden retriever, Cat, used to meet me with a full-body wag—what I always thought of as a “butt wag.” It wasn’t subtl...
I remember the first time I heard the word “died.”
I was very young—three, maybe four.
My brother was crying.
That alone felt unusual. In our house, crying often came with correction. But this was different. No one was telling him to stop. No one ...
There was a time in my life when I went months without speaking to someone who mattered deeply to me.
Not because I didn’t want to talk.
Not because I didn’t care.
But because every attempt to connect seemed to land in the same place—misunderstood, ...
Not long ago, my daughter and I were texting.
It started as something small. It usually does.
And I’ll say this first—I don’t recommend serious conversations over text. It works fine for “Can you grab milk?” but when emotions are involved, we lose ...
