I Thought Our Unconventional Love Story Would Last Forever—Until Life Revealed a Painful Truth

would happen next.

I Also Had to Grieve Who I Had Been With Them

There was another loss I did not understand immediately.

Relationships create versions of us that exist partly because of the person beside us.

There was a version of me who belonged to that relationship.

That person had certain rituals, certain expectations, and certain ways of imagining continue reading …