Caleb was cleaning the kitchen.
Outside, Charleston settled into a quiet summer evening.
Five years earlier, I had stood alone inside an almost empty house believing my entire life had fallen apart.
I couldn’t see it then.
Something wasn’t simply ending.
Space was being made for something new.
Sometimes the person who walks away believing they destroyed your future has actually opened a door you never would have noticed while you were still trying to please them.
Starting over can feel humiliating when all you have is a small apartment
