But I feel something else now, too.
A heat I didn’t know I had.
A certainty that love doesn’t always reach someone in time… but it can keep others from ending the same way.
If you’re reading this and something in your chest tightened—don’t ignore it.
If someone keeps wearing long sleeves when it makes no sense. If “she fell” becomes the explanation too many times. If you see a smile that never reaches the eyes—don’t treat it like gossip. Don’t let it slide past like it’s none of your business.
I lost my daughter.
That wound will never close.
But her final decision taught me something I will repeat for the rest of my life:
Silence doesn’t protect.
Silence destroys.
