By: The Writing Spirit Yesterday didn’t break me in a single blow. It built. It started with bringing coffee, breakfast, and medicine to my partner, who has been healing at my house for the last month. Then the IV infusions I give him each day so he can heal—keeping things calm, steady, with as little stress as possible. So I moved into the porch, quietly, to listen for two hours to a meeting for a journalism article—tracking details, holding information, making sure I unders