All Your Firsts Without Me

by L.M. Terry

Lesson number two. You can breathe. Breathe deeply every day. Sometimes, this will be all that you can do. That’s fine. It will take time, but always, always, remember to breathe.

I’m not going to cry. Nope, not me. I’ll cram that shit so far down it will never be found.

He was the glue that held all my broken bits together.

My mind knew it wasn’t going to happen, but my heart never got the memo.”

“Life goes on. It’s okay to make new memories.”