All the different relationships from family, friends, associates, lovers, neighbors. and even strangers.
Whispers To The Soul – The Weight I Learned to Carry – Series
I carry a sadness that does not belong to just one moment or reason. It has no single source. It is a sadness that slowly closes me off, separating me from myself and from others, one quiet inch at a time. It is as though I feel the world in its rawest form, every small tremor of emotion around me. This sadness has lived with me for as long as I can remember. Choosing sadness became something I learned early—less a choice than a survival strategy that once made sense.
Some children are taught, quietly and early, to absorb the sadness around them. After my mother died when I was nine, I was moved into a household […]