06/02/2026
Part 5:
There was a point in that relationship when I already knew it should have ended.
I knew we wanted different things.
I knew we weren’t truly aligned.
I knew I was staying in something that no longer felt right.
But I didn’t leave….Then life chose to intervene.
I was in a car accident, I found myself in a very vulnerable position. I needed support, and I needed time to recover. So I had chosen to go back home with family so I could have 24/7 care that I needed.
And after a few days I got a phone call, it was him on the other end.
He told me he was done…
He was leaving.
He told me he didn’t love me, and he didn’t think he ever really did.
Those words hit hard like a knife…
Not just because the relationship was ending, but because a part of me was angry that he ended it first. I think, deep down, I already wanted out… I just hadn’t found the courage to be the one who chose to leave first.
Looking back now, as painful as that moment was, it forced me to face a truth I had been avoiding:
Sometimes we know a chapter is over long before we’re willing to close the book, and sometimes life closes it for us.
I don’t look back at that moment with the same anger I once did. I look back and see a lesson about self-trust, a lesson about listening to what I already knew, and a lesson about not waiting for someone else to make the decision I’ve been avoiding.
Because the longer we ignore our truth, the louder it eventually becomes.