15-05-2021-052358It-Ends-with-Us

no matter how many good moments she might share with Ryle
throughout her lifetime, I know from experience that it would only
be the worst ones that stuck with her.
Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an
astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar
pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same
familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly
not landing on your feet.
My mother went through it.
I went through it.
I’ll be damned if I allow my daughter to go through it.
I kiss her on the forehead and make her a promise. “It stops here.
With me and you. It ends with us.”