Powerful piece! When you mentioned feeling like you woke up in the remnants of a wildfire I thought - wildfires make room for growth. And boy did you grow!

We are in different circumstances, I do have a partner, but moving home and country in the middle of a pandemic was challenging and still to this day I am lucky if I have 2 friends I could meet for a coffee. I have incredible friends back home.

But I have lost, intentionally, 2 people who were once my closest friends for 25 and 15 years. People change, we change and I’m learning to ask for my needs and respect myself. The past 2 years I have learned to be my own best friend.

Thank you for sharing your journey!