forgiving always felt like the easy part to me, because who doesn’t want to be forgiven after making mistakes?
but then I remember
how heavy it once sat in my chest,
how many midnights my friends stayed up just to hold me together,
how some wounds don’t disappear… they just soften into lessons.
I learned that the hard way.
and strangely,
when the apology finally came,
it carried the kind of quiet I used to pray for: soft, steady, almost like feeling safe again.
I accepted it. I really did.
but I learned, too.















