A private reflection · about 10 minutes
You left. Some part of you did not.
A place can be home and still become impossible to stay in. This will not ask you to prove that leaving was right or turn the loss into a lesson. It will help you name what happened.
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Question 1 of 7
What you named
The place did not disappear when you left it.
This is not a verdict about whether you should return. It is a record of two truths: the place mattered, and leaving had reasons.
- The place
- What it gave me
- What leaving cost
- Why I left
- What came with me
- What needs mourning
- One thing within reach
- Who might hear it
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