🥺“Some topics are hard—hard to hear, hard to say. But when we don’t have those tough conversations, I feel the silence turning into a wedge. The unspoken words don’t disappear—they linger, creating distance and tension. And avoiding the topic doesn’t solve anything; it just makes the issue harder to bring up later. I don’t want to live with that disconnect, which grows with each avoided conversation.

🥺 “I want us to learn how to have those tough conversations, even when it’s uncomfortable or scary. It’s not about having all the right words or fixing everything at once. It’s about showing up, being honest, and creating space to really hear each other.”

The skills to have these conversations don’t always come naturally, but they can be learned. And they’re worth learning. Because staying close, even when it’s hard, matters so much more than avoiding the discomfort.