The Memoir Of Ms. Butterfly

Body: I’ve always known I was blessed in more ways than one. But for a long time, I couldn’t see it—too tangled in my pain, too focused on what I thought I’d lost. You were my anchor, and when you left, I thought I drifted too far to find myself again.

But I was wrong.

It turns out that the parts of me I thought were gone were just tucked away and waiting and waiting for me to stop holding onto pain as a proxy for love. Waiting for me to choose myself—not despite you, but because of me.

Now I see the blessings. I see them in every discovery, every moment of joy, every breath I take without you. I’m still here. And that’s the biggest blessing of all.

I don’t need to hold onto the past to hold onto you. I need to keep becoming the woman I was always meant to be.

And I’m proud of her.

By: Ms. Butterfly Genesis