We all have them.
The ones who slipped away.
The words we didn’t say.
The moments we didn’t handle the way we wish we had.
Old friends.
Former partners.
People we hurt.
People who hurt us.
People who left quietly… or left us reeling.
And still—
they linger.
In memories.
In dreams.
In the quiet sting of a song that still knows your name.
But here’s the truth:
These missed and lost connections aren’t just endings.
They’re mirrors.
They show us who we were back then—
what we didn’t yet understand,
what we hadn’t yet healed,
what we were still learning how to carry.
Some regrets are raw.
But some are tender.
Not because we want to go back—
but because we finally see what we couldn’t see in the moment.
That’s not failure.
That’s growth.
And if we’re willing to really look—
these past relationships give us everything we need
to show up better in the ones we still have.
More present.
More honest.
More whole.
You don’t have to rewrite your past.
You just have to listen to what it’s still trying to teach you.
That’s the Cushy way.
