Serenity
Elias's Journey of Reclamation and Belonging
The stars were impossibly dense and brilliant that night, a canopy stretching from one black edge of the horizon to the other. After Elias finished telling his story, a deep, restorative silence fell over the fire pit. It wasn't the silence of awkwardness, but of communion. He felt the weight lift, replaced not by emptiness, but by the shared presence of his friends.
“He sounds like an incredible man,” Kahiau