Widow Me This

‘The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you’ve been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.’ ~Zachry K. Douglas Some days the light is just a tiny flicker, but it’s always there. I choose to love hard. I choose to shine. Even when it’s hard. Even when it’s not reciprocated. Even when it’s uncomfortable for me… which is always. I know what it feels like to sit in the dark. Most days the dark still shows up, but I’m learning to try and keep my light on too. I am learning to trust and let people in again. I am slowly learning…

Bullshit. ‘Time flies.’ ‘Time is money.’ ‘Time marches on.’ ‘Time gets wasted.’ ‘Time stands still.’ There are so many quotes about time. Most of them are on point. Most of them make sense to me. Except for one. Time heals all wounds Does it? Does time actually heal all wounds? Merriam-Webster defines the word heal as : to make well again : to restore health. To make sound or whole To make well again. To make WHOLE. There is absolutely no fucking way to find your way back to ‘well’ or ‘whole’ when you’ve lost half of the pieces that made you who you are. No amount of time is…