Sarah R. Hughes

You raised yourself, reminding yourself you were worth something.

You might feel more alone than ever before…but the truth is that you’re not.

You may find yourself feeling nothing, and this is normal. You may find yourself wailing incoherently on the bathroom floor at 2 am. This is also normal.

There are some days when I see the chair clearly, it is in the middle of the room, and I am too exhausted to ignore it. With its offensive upholstery and third-rate stitching, I collapse into it.

You realize you are not damned to follow in his footsteps.