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Be Kind to Where You Are
You cannot hate yourself into becoming someone you like.
I'm Grieving
A place for your heart to be held.
I'm not going to tell you it gets easier.
Grief isn't a problem to be solved and it doesn't run to a timetable. You don't have to be over it, and you don't have to be doing well. You can just be here, missing them.
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Written for the middle of it, not the end.
Journal prompt
What would I want to say, if saying it changed nothing?
There is no online journal here and nothing is stored — write it wherever you keep things, or don't write it at all.
Reflection
Missing someone is not a failure to move on. It's the continuing shape of having loved them, and it's allowed to be part of you for as long as it is.
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Listening for this chapter
Gentle, honest songs. Nothing here rushes you.
You are not alone.
The Porch is where the conversation happens. Come in and sit down.
