From the Embers
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Read between September 13 - September 18, 2025
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Grief was a complex emotion.
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But each morning, I put one foot in front of the other
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People told me to take care of myself,
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I’d figure it out as I went.
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maybe I’d finally climbed out of the depths of devastation.
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On my wedding anniversary, I felt like I was trapped in an undertow, unable to reach the surface no matter how hard I fought.
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watching your dreams come true for someone else never got easier.
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there is no true timeline for grief.
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Cheating on his wife? The mother of his children? Fuck that.
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No matter how many lies I uncovered, it wouldn’t unbreak my heart.
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was still their dad regardless of how he’d broken me.
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However, not all change was bad.
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no fucks left to give.