Losing them was not the same as losing yourself.

When a relationship ends, it can feel like part of you walked out the door with them. Your routines, your future plans, your sense of who you are.

But you were a person before them, and you are still a person now. The lighthouse is still standing after the storm.

It will take time to remember what you like, what you want, who you are when you're not half of something. That's okay. It's not starting from nothing; it's coming home to yourself.

They left. You didn't.