If you’d rather read than listen, here are the same words.
Hi. It’s Martine.
Halfway. Six weeks and half of this is already behind you.
Wherever you are right now, feel the chair, or the bed, or the ground underneath you.
And just hear me say this: their love is still here. So is yours. The bond didn’t end. It only changed shape.
You’ve laughed at the ridiculous things they used to do. You’ve written the story of how they came into your life. You’ve said their name — maybe out loud, or maybe only to yourself.
But that’s the real work. Quiet, invisible, and it matters more than you probably know.
Still here. Still tender. Still loving them exactly as they were.
See you Monday.