he always tells me to take care of myself everytime we leave. we even refused to say goodbye to each other and changed it to see you soon. few weeks before it happened I wrote him a letter: “I'm genuinely super grateful for you, I tbh don't know how life will be w/o u l'm not just saying it to say it and be cringe but while I'm studying I was just thinking and my heart dropped I feel like it'd be so sad and feels so lonely, I believe that God made everyone to end up w pair, never understood how

Leave the Light On - Chris Smither cover

Estrangement doesn’t end because a parent says “just get over it” or “family is everything.” It doesn’t end because they want a holiday photo or because they suddenly feel uncomfortable with the distance. Healing only begins when the people who caused harm become safe enough to come back to. And safety is not sentimental. It’s not performative. It’s not a “we love you and miss you” text. Safety is accountability. Safety is truth-telling. Safety is the end of secrecy, control, gossip, triangulati