This Christmas felt weird, not because anything was wrong,
but because it was the first Christmas I had actually imagined sharing with her even though weโd never done that before.
Outside the holidays, she is justโฆ there. Steady, immediate, the way presence should feel.
She tells me to slow down when Iโm agitated, reminds me to rest when I push too hard, and makes ordinary moments lighter, funnier, easier to sit in.
We plan little things; movie nights, random ideas, conversations that stretch longer than expected.
So when Christmas came, with all its noise and traditions, I realized I wasnโt missing a message. I was missing a kind of presence I had quietly made space for.
And that absence showed me something I hadnโt fully named before:
presence isnโt about how often it shows up, but about how consistently someone is there the moment you need them.
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