"Adult friendships require grace. People are busy. People are healing. People are growing. People are making time for self-care, like you. Don’t mistake less communication for less love. Check in, not out.” ~Unknown
“We need to normalize admitting when we’re overwhelmed. Like, genuinely saying, ‘I have seventeen things on my plate right now and adding one more might make me cry in a parking lot somewhere.’” ~Unknown
Sometimes love means watching them navigate their own wilderness, knowing you can’t draw them a map or clear their path. You can only be the campfire they return to when they need rest, offering warmth without demanding they stay, understanding that their journey is their own.