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So many restacks on my side, so much wisdom and so many lessons to be learned. I wish I wrote the last paragraph. You’ve managed to put encapsulate my thoughts on relationships in such a beautiful way. I’m sorry about the loss of your best friend. But again, thank you for your words. I needed this essay❤️

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Oh wow, this is wildly heartwarming.... Thank you so much for sharing these thoughts! And boosting all those quotes!! 🥹 This was such a healing meditation for me, I'm so happy to hear that it's resonating

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Aug 6Liked by Aria Vega

You managed to put such clarity and beauty around one of life’s hard to digest conundrums. I also broke up with a best friend of 16 years and one of 10 years. I used to see that latter one in my dreams all the way up till about last year. In the last one we ran out of a building we were trapped in together and as she ran off a flurry of butterflies exploded behind her. I think my subconscious has finally processed the loss. Thanks for sharing this ✨

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Yanique thank you so much! That is such a stunning visual. I love how your mind found a clever way to process that loss in the absence of a more formal social ritual. Grief is such a spiritual process 🕊️

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Aria this was such a timely and delightful read.

I’m going through something similar, which I also reflected on in my most recent post. The part about taking relational loss as personal failure? Or measuring the success of our connections with longevity?

You unpacked this so elaborately and eloquently ✨

And hearing these words from another perspective, another voice was so comforting.

Thank you 🤗

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This is lovely to hear, thank you so much! I'm always checking if my beliefs about relationships fully resonate with me, and the work is never quite done 🌷

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