For Kiara,

I'm sorry.

I've been sitting with how I acted, and I don't like the version of me you saw. You didn't deserve that — not the tone, not the silence, not the carelessness.

Even though it's only been two days of us talking, you've already made my days softer. You're patient with me in a way I don't always remember to be patient with myself, and I took that for granted. That's on me, not you.

I'm not asking you to pretend it didn't happen. I'm asking you to let me show you, slowly, that I heard you. That I'm actually listening this time.

One more chance. That's all I'm asking for.

Here's what I'll do differently

Listen first. React second.
Say the soft things out loud, not just think them.
Show up — in the small moments, not only the big ones.
Hold space for your feelings without making it about me.

Will you give me one more chance?