Don't try to "fix things". Just stand there with me.

Why is this so hard to understand? You can't fix it, just like I can't stop your pain. All we can do is stand beside one another with love.

And yet, when the world is falling down in someone's life, we stand back with excuses like "i didn't want to bother you", "figured there was nothing I could do", "when you're ready you'll reach out".


During the worst days of my life, some of the days at the hospital with the other half, facing crappy news, the best, most powerful thing people did is show the hell up. Sat in the waiting room, stood by my car with a hug, showed up with a bag of groceries. That's love. That's not waiting for an invitation. Just being there is enough.


That's why I keep showing up for people I care about; checking in, sending a text or stupid meme, maybe, just maybe, being annoyingly irriratating? Because I don't want people to feel alone.