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Where I Keep the Gate

I’m not closing my heart. But I am choosing where I keep the gate. Access to me is not earned by familiarity alone. It’s earned by care, consistency, and protection. Some boundaries don’t exist to push people away — they…
What I No Longer Override

There was a time when I talked myself out of discomfort. When I softened truths so I wouldn’t seem demanding. When I stayed present while something in me quietly withdrew. I don’t do that anymore. I listen when my body…
Still, I Am Here

I’m not trying to arrive anywhere today. I’m simply noticing where I already am. There is a quiet steadiness beneath the noise — a place that hasn’t been chasing, proving, or waiting. It’s been here the whole time. When I…
Becoming Available to What’s Mutual

There’s a difference between waiting and becoming available. Waiting keeps one eye on the past and one on possibility. Becoming available is quieter. It’s an internal re-alignment — a decision to live in a way that can receive what is…
What Mutual Love Looks Like to Me

Mutual love, as I understand it now, is not intensity or reassurance. It’s not words offered in moments of comfort, nor closeness that appears without follow-through. Mutual love is quieter and more consistent than that. It looks like presence that…
Here, as I am

I’m noticing a shift in how I’m showing up in my own life. For a long time, my writing and reflections were tethered to something external — a relationship, a role, a sense of purpose I was trying to hold…