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This is the confession of a woman who had to break her own heart to save her soul. There are pains we hide in the cellar of our memories, not out of cowardice, but because speaking them aloud validates a reality we are too terrified to inhabit. But today, I open the door.<\/p>\n

It began on a Tuesday in October. My kitchen smelled, as it always did, of cinnamon and old coffee grounds\u2014the scent of a life lived quietly. Outside, the\u00a0Lilac Bush<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0I had planted the week my son was born stood vigil in the yard, its branches barren for the season, scratching against the siding.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was wrong. This is the confession of a woman who had to break her own heart to save her soul. There are pains we hide in the cellar of our memories, not out of cowardice, but because speaking them aloud validates a reality we are too terrified to inhabit. But today, I open the…<\/p>\n

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