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THOUGHTS OUTSIDE THE OFFICE Today, someone called me crying. Not somebody I expected to hear cry. Not somebody I would ever have described as fragile. He is one of those people you mentally file under steady. Strong. Capable. The kind of person you assume will deal with whatever life throws at him and keep moving. But today his wife told him she wanted a divorce, and suddenly none of that mattered. He was devastated. He told me he would do anything to save his marriage. Chang

There is a feeling I don't think people talk about enough, probably because it sounds dramatic when you say it out loud. It is the feeling of being erased. Not left. Not rejected. Not even abandoned. Erased. Like you existed in someone's life for years, mattered deeply, occupied an enormous amount of space, and somehow the world has begun reorganizing itself as though you were never there at all. I know I am not unique. Families fall apart every day. Marriages end. Children p

She had tears in her eyes, because she knew she was never going home.