“You said it, you finally listened to what had been wanting to be told.”“You left for your safety.” Yes, but no one really talks about the pain of leaving whil you still love them. As twisted and as insane as it might sound, love doesn’t care sometimes. You learn to love someone, even with their darkness. You learn to stay, to hope things will settle. You try to do the inner work, the hard conversations, until you realize you have lost yourself in the trying. Leaving seems

The endeavor to be 'enough' — to resonate, to fulfill, to satiate — is both noble and heartrending. Yet, as days meld seamlessly into...