Thursday, August 14, 2025

A stranger that feels a bit familiar

I ran into my ex-husband yesterday evening at my apartment complex.  We just exchanged a quick “hi” and continued on our respective ways.

Although I didn’t feel any real strong emotions (I’ve come a long way in my healing), there was just a bit of sadness at the mix of familiarity and stranger his image brings to mind. This was the person I felt the most comfortable with, someone who felt as familiar as myself.  And overnight, he became a stranger to me.  Although, I recognize that process didn’t truly happen overnight, I just became aware of it all at once.

I don’t miss him but I miss that feeling of comfort and familiarity even as I understand it was based on my incomplete perception of reality.

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