Dear 2023...
Dear 2023, You’ve been one hell of a ride. You have taught me how to grieve and put the pieces back together, to take a step back when it’s necessary… how it’s okay to be vulnerable and that it doesn’t make you weak. You taught me a lot about love, loss and finding myself, about how I should not have to compromise my asks just because someone thinks they are too much. They aren’t. You taught me that the perspective I have matters a lot. Sometimes, losing the battle you spent two years fighting can only be won when you give up. So, that's what I did. I see the light now. The moonlight did guide me home, but sadly it wasn’t supposed to come with me. But the presence stays, like a stain or a promise... I'm not so sure anymore. Here I am, celebrations, small wins, a life-changing heartbreak and a newfound happiness later… I was wrong. That boy not being my ‘one’ was not the end of the world. In fact, him not being the ‘one’ was where my story began.