When your a adult

Previously

…I knew, with a certainty that settled deep in my bones, that my journey would not be defined by the familiar paths of home, but by the boundless expanse that lay beyond. The warmth of the hearth, the love of my family, these would always be my guiding lights, the constellations of my heart. But there was a universe waiting, and I, Jude, was meant to be a part of its grand, silent story. The stars, once distant points of light, now felt like beckoning hands, promising a destiny that lay far, far from the scent of woodsmoke and the gentle hum of belonging. The realization was both exhilarating and terrifying, a silent promise of a future that was both mine to claim and mine to face alone.