I hadn’t had a crying spell since about Tuesday. I tried to fall asleep despite my sobs. I finally did. Two hours later, another crying spell. Fell asleep again. Two hours later, sighs and back to bed. Woke up to the pouring rain. Cried in the shower. Loneliness looming over me like storm clouds.

At last, blue sky. I let it hold my hand. The tears have stopped for now.