i imagine my path here is different than most.
a few years ago i made this account and joined this sub. like everyone else here, i was just excited. thinking about being a dad.
just posting here back then felt like a small expression of something big - love, anticipation. the desire to be a good dad. oh the joy of what was ahead.
and then the world fell apart. a trajedy. a cruel trajedy. one i didnt know if we'd ever escape from.
and yet here i am today. a return.
my wife told me a few hours ago, and we started crying. for our journey here, is filled with so much.
I just want to say this to anyone on their own journey. there is no “normal” path. No better or worse story. There is only your journey.
ours took us through despair and agony. But standing here now, I choose to believe in hope again. I choose to believe in happiness.
And if you’re still in the middle of it - still fighting, still waiting - I hope you hold on to even the smallest piece of that belief.
Because sometimes… somehow… it finds its way back.