Why I Keep More Than One Ally
Because healing isn’t linear. And I am not just one thing.
When I first made the Emotional Allies, I imagined someone choosing one.
One creature.
One emotion.
One season.
But the more I sat with them - and the more I listened to my own body - I realized something: I am never just one feeling. And maybe you aren’t either.
Some days, I reach for Morrow.
When my chest is heavy and my mind is foggy. When I am worn out in ways I can’t explain to anyone else. Morrow sits beside me and doesn’t ask me to be productive or presentable. Morrow just says: “Still here? So am I. And that’s enough.”
Some days, Brim feels closer.
When I miss something I can’t name. A nostalgia for simpler days, simpler times. When I carry old sadness in my bones, and no one notices. Brim gives my grief permission to exist - without needing to be resolved.
Then there are the fire days.
The days when I want to burn it all down. That’s when Cinder holds me. Not to cool me off - but to say: “You’re allowed to be angry. You’re allowed to feel this.”
And when I can’t do any of it -
When I just need stillness and a moment of quiet - I let Hush sit in the palm of my hand. Hush reminds me that silence is not weakness. It’s wisdom.
But my favorite days - the rare, flickering ones - belong to Luma.
When something inside me says: “Maybe…maybe I’m not broken. Maybe there’s something soft in the world. Maybe I could feel good again - even just for a moment.” Luma never rushes me. Luma just glows.
So no. I don’t have just one Emotional Ally.
I keep several - not out of indecision, but because I contain multitudes. I’m not a single chapter. I’m a whole story. And you are too.
You’re allowed to:
Own more than one Emotional Ally
Love more than one truth
Be tired and angry and hopeful - all in the same breath
These creatures were never made to replace each other. They were made to sit side by side. Like your emotions do.
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