Day 3

Today feels heavier.
Not because anything changed,
but because everything inside of me is remembering.

I remember how it started,
how it felt to be seen,
how easy it was to care without thinking twice.

And now I’m here—
holding all of that by myself.

There’s a part of me that wants to reach out,
not because I’ve forgotten the truth,
but because I still feel everything that was real to me.

But I’m learning something quiet and difficult:

I can love,
and still choose not to go back.

I can care,
and still protect my heart.

And even though it hurts today,
even though my chest feels full and heavy,
I know this pain is not a sign to return—
it’s a sign that something mattered.

So today, I won’t run from it.
I’ll sit with it.
I’ll breathe through it.

And I’ll remind myself:

I am not losing something meant for me.
I am making space for something that will stay.

JMS