Caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable.
Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.
Does loving someone mean you want them to be safe? Or that you want them to be able to choose?
And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.
I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didnt always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we havent thought of yet.
And I laugh at myself for thinking I could touch the sky.