Sometimes you’re not missing the person, the place, or the chapter. You’re missing the hope you felt while you were there.
Angel: She keeps looking back.
Angel 2: 1know.
Angel: Part of her still believes there’s something there she missed.
Angel 2: But there isn’t.
The confusion exhausted her. The uncertainty exhausted her.
– Jacqueline Whitney
Angel: No. The chapter already gave her what it came to give.
Angel 2: Then why does she keep revisiting it?
Angel: Because she remembers the hope she felt there.
Angel 2: Not the reality?
Angel: Not always. Humans have a way of romanticizing chapters once they’re far enough away from the pain.
Angel 2: She keeps wondering if she left too soon.
Angel: But she didn’t. The confusion exhausted her. The uncertainty exhausted her. The version of herself she had to become in order to stay exhausted her.
Angel 2: She doesn’t remember that part as clearly.
Angel: No. She’s remembering the possibility.
Angel 2: What does she need to remember?
Angel: That not every chapter is meant to become the whole story. Some chapters exist to teach you what you’ll need for the next one.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
