There is a stillness that arrives without asking, where sunlight settles on glass and motion becomes a language. In that moment, life reveals itself in passing glances and small departures, each one a reminder of what it means to simply be.

Growth rarely announces itself with certainty. It moves through us in pauses, in hesitation, in the delicate surrender of what once kept us safe. Sometimes the most powerful step forward begins with release, a willingness to loosen the grip and trust the unfolding.

A ribbon of steam dissolved into the morning light, a farewell unnoticed and complete before she realized it was gone.