I’ve changed. Please come back.”
I looked around at my peaceful home, thought about the strength I’d found, the boundaries I’d learned to set, and the friendship that had bloomed from the ashes of his manipulation. With steady hands, I typed back: “No.
But I hope you really have changed… for the next person’s sake.”
Then I blocked his number. Teresa’s words echoed in my mind: “Healing isn’t just about leaving.
It’s about staying gone and building something better.”
She was right about that too. I had built something better: a life where I didn’t have to shrink myself, where my voice was heard, and where my feelings mattered. Sometimes the best endings come from the courage to begin again.
Source: amomama
