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In another life, my father never learned to be silent. His laughter echoed through our home, his dreams weren't buried beneath overtime shifts and tired shoulders. Sometimes I see glimpses of that man when he hums old songs, and I wonder if his happiness was worth the sacrifice.

Yesterday, Ethan suggested I sell my house to help with their down payment. My home of thirty years, where I raised my daughter, where Sarah took her last breath. They see it as just another asset to liquidate. I remained silent.

Delta Company, 1973. The memorial wall stood silent in the morning mist. Fresh roses lay against the black granite, their petals still wet with dew. Someone had left a combat boot, polished to mirror shine, beside a faded photograph. The names watched, eternal sentinels in stone.

It's fascinating how we build these invisible walls around ourselves, thinking they'll protect us from pain. Yet these same barriers that keep hurt away also trap all the warmth inside, leaving us in this peculiar state of self-imposed solitude, watching life through frosted glass.

I traced my fingers over the brass nameplate on the memorial wall, feeling each engraved letter. Twenty-seven names from our unit, each one representing not just a soldier, but Sunday dinners, Christmas mornings, and front porch conversations that would never happen again.

Sometimes I just sit here and, like, wonder if people really want me around, you know? I try to be better, but maybe I'm just, I don't know, too much for them. They smile but I can tell they're tired of me.

Found an elderly man getting fined for feeding local strays. The animal control officer said it's against city ordinance, creates a "nuisance." I'm bringing cat food tomorrow anyway. These rules protect nobody - they just punish kindness. Let them write me up.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm living for myself or just existing through others' expectations because... I need to find my own path, my own truth. It's like I'm searching for pieces of myself in everyone else's happiness.