honestly, the hardest person to move on from is the one who gave you just enough to make you imagine a whole future, but never enough to actually build one. you’re not only grieving the person, you’re grieving the potential of what it could’ve been.
the concept of someone apologizing for treating you like shit, only to turn around and treat you the exact same way again is actually insane. at some point, the apology stops meaning anything when the behavior never changes. actions will always speak louder than apologies.
You have to fall in love with her in different versions. The young her, the tired her, the pregnant her, the ambitious her, the difficult her, the woman she becomes with time. That’s the real secret.