You’re right here.

Still breathing and trying
and loving and still showing up
Even when everything hurts
or even when there’s
no clear next step

So what do you do?

You stay with yourself
You do the next thing
Not the whole plan
or the forever fix
Just the next simple thing

You let yourself hate that it’s like this
You let the grief come through without shame
You stop pretending that what happened wasn’t real
You stop doubting and second guessing yourself
You keep choosing you and what is right
even if it feels like no one else ever really has

When the world tries to silence you
or reduce you to the mess you had to walk through
Remember you are still right here

We keep moving because there’s more life for us yet
Not the life they told you to want
but the one that actually makes it worth it for you.