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The email came at 11 PM, which should have been my first red flag. My friend Rachel was asking if I could watch her kids the following weekend — again —.

The email came at 11 PM, which should have been my first red flag. My friend Rachel was asking if I could watch her kids the following weekend — again —.

The thing about patience is that no one teaches it to you. They teach you to be patient — your mother says "be patient" when you're six and you want the candy.

There is a specific kind of evening I want to tell you about. You finish unpacking the last box — not because you need to, but because looking at it every day.

There's a particular kind of morning I've learned to recognize. The one where you wake up and before your eyes are fully open, before you've remembered what.

There is a specific kind of confidence that looks calm on the outside but feels like a constant negotiation with yourself on the inside. The confidence to send.