Dear Someone: The questions you’re afraid to ask often hold the answers your heart is searching for.

4 Questions to ask when love feels like loss + the unspoken silences that keeps you apart from them.

Dear, Dear Someone, _

There was a time in my life when I found myself sitting quietly in the stillness, grappling with the same questions that seemed to echo endlessly in my heart. I watched as those around me moved forward—finding love, achieving dreams, and living lives that seemed full of purpose—while I felt stuck, clapping for others but never receiving my turn.

I had prayed fervently for years, poured my heart into hope, and waited with faith, only to be met with silence time and time again. Slowly, that silence began to chip away at my belief, leaving me questioning my worth, my path, and whether I was even deserving of the things I longed for.

My once-steadfast zeal for prayer and connection faded into exhaustion, and I found myself retreating from the very spaces that used to give me strength. I was tired of faking smiles, tired of being strong—just tired of it all. And yet, in those quiet moments of exhaustion, I realized that the questions I was afraid to face were the ones …