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Six Powerful Life Lessons You Learn When Everything Falls Apart
What Pours in When Life Breaks You Open — From Family, and Sometimes, From Unexpected Corners of The World.
This story emerged during a difficult season of my life — one that’s still unfolding — a season that slowed me down just enough to see what truly matters. I hope it meets you wherever you are in your own journey.
Some moments interrupt the flow of life — moments that crack us open unexpectedly. And when that happens, what pours in isn’t just stress or pain. It’s a million lessons and revelations.
Recently, life slowed me down, not with peace, but with pain. And in that stillness, I learned things I might’ve never noticed otherwise.
Let me walk you through every lesson, every instance dropped on my way.
1. The People Who Show Up Are the Ones Who Matter
My mom was in pain. Not the usual kind, but the kind that makes you drop everything and go.
That’s what I did. And my fiancé did too…