Some seasons end without warning. The ground shifts. A door closes softly behind. No farewell, no collapse. Just a silence where something used to be. And then — the echo. It isn’t always clear when beginning begins. A drawer is emptied. A morning arrives softer than expected. The spine uncurls. There is light again, but from a different direction. Starting over is rarely clean. It carries the texture of what came before — the prick of regret, the gleam of stubborn hope. There are moments tha...