I wasn’t looking for perfection.

I was looking for normal.

A normal family.

A normal relationship.

A normal life.

After everything I’d been through, that didn’t feel like too much to ask.

So I kept building.

Working.

Planning.

Dreaming.

I honestly believed that if I worked hard enough…

life would eventually slow down.

I didn’t know then…

that unhealed wounds have a way of following us into every chapter until we finally stop and face them.

Hey, you…“Normal” is nothing but a setting on the washer or dryer – you made it through some of the toughest times in your life. You will face this head on too, when the time is right.

Love, Nova Leigh❤️