And out of this, she realized that there needed to be a way to survive, as her relationships came and went like the moon. “I consciously made the decision that I am not going to let my relationship with people prevent me from living for myself,” she said. “Relationships sever, and that has to be okay. If I can come out of this death and be full and capable, there’s no relationship loss that I can’t survive.” With so many relationships ending in ways that had nothing to do with her, she came to see loss not as a condemnation of her but as an inevitable part of life.
