Life doesn’t stop for you. It doesn’t stop when it’s spinning wildly out of control and you don’t know which way is up. It doesn’t stop when someone you love dies. It doesn’t stop when part of you dies. It doesn’t stop and wait for you to get your footing. It just keeps going. It races and spins, and sometimes it won’t let you go home. But that’s okay. It’s okay to not know where you’re going. It’s okay to be lost. It’s okay because one day life will slow down. It won’t pause and let you get oriented, but one day…maybe you’ll be looking at the pink, squinting face of your newborn or maybe you’ll be running into the arms of someone you thought you lost forever, and life will slow down and give you a chance to say, “I wish this day lasted forever,” and mean it.