There’s a quiet ache no one really warns you about. Not the kind that comes from losing.But the kind that appears when you noticewhat never arrived. You see a life.A moment.A version of “this could’ve...

Little things are strange. They rarely look important while they’re happening.Too small to measure.Too ordinary to praise. And then one day, you notice something. A rhythm you didn’t mean to build.A...

Some grief doesn’t fade with timebecause time was never the problem. You tell yourself it’s been long enough.That you should be over it by now.That it’s old. But memory doesn’t work on deadlines...

We chase perfection as if it’s a place,a point we’ll reach once everything aligns. I used to think once I arrived,I’d finally feel complete. But maybe what feels perfect nowwon’t look the same once...

Some wishes are survival.A lifeline for those in war,in hunger,in hands that never chose the labour they carry. For those taken,traded,trapped —for those hurting behind closed doors,and those under...

Fear isn’t in the Thing.It waits for the moment you notice. Let me show you what I mean. The spider had been in the room the whole time.While I slept, there was no fear. But the moment I saw it, my...

Not beautiful in their behaviour,but in the kind of clarity they bring. Bullies.Friends who leave you out.A partner who keeps rejecting your needs. They don’t hide how they feel about you.And that...

A reflection on how to survive emotional pain — and why making it through the first wave, no matter how long it lasted, is already a form of healing.We often forget how much strength it takes to...

I think you should care about what others think.But I also think you should care about yourself. Care about what they say. Perhaps there’s something useful in it.Something that could make your present...