Inevitable as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, 5th edition - incapable of being avoided or evaded. It is a feeling like no other, isn’t it? The fact that it’s going to happen just puts a different spin on the other emotions in the room - anxiety, nervousness, anticipation, to name a few. Just like the clock will hit noon, so will this thing that has to be done.

I can see her sitting in the family room from two miles away, scrolling through IG and then finishing up Wordle for the day and sending to her text group labeled ‘Breakfast Club.’ I make my way over, covering the two miles in a matter of seconds, float through the open window as she looks up, a look her in eyes of familiarity mixed with bewilderment. Step one in a marathon of explaining my other self.