(DO/ or NOT?) Let it GO !
“About letting go, which I thought meant maturity.” #Let_it_GO_! It was during a quiet movie night, just me and the kids. A beautiful song began to play, and suddenly, I was swept away, carried back to a version of myself from so many years ago—a boy I can now barely recognize. A heavy wave of melancholy washed over me. I wanted so desperately to reach out and hold that younger version of myself, but he remained a ghost, just out of my grasp. In the complex, woven tapestry of our lives, there are decisions we make in the heat of the moment, or in the deep, quiet dark of despair, that leave permanent scars on our souls. One of the heaviest choices I ever wrestled with—almost without realizing I was doing it—was simply letting go of my belief in love. I wasn’t just walking away from romance; I was tearing out the very cornerstone of my existence, abandoning the one idea that had kept me standing for so long. Goodbye to Love Love, in all its beautiful shapes, i...