Today somehow became the day. It's been 8 months and 8 days since you said good bye And today, was the day I randomly decided to look at some of your belongings To finally go to the corner I’ve silently avoided There’s a curiosity of mine to know why today, of all the days But does it really matter? One could say, of course it would be on the 8th day of the 8 month Because that was your day, they would say The 8th of January, the day you were estimated to arrive Only you didn

Life is difficult. I remember the first time reading this sentence in a book, where the author shared the story of her reaction to reading this sentence herself. She described that moment as waves of relief flooding her as she realized that yes, life was indeed difficult. And that by not acknowledging that, she was making it even more difficult. Somewhere along the way, even if as children we heard things like, "Life isn't fair" or "Life isn't always a bed of roses" we at t