become a daily companion.
The first few days, I moved through a fog of disbelief. I polished my resume like it was a life raft. I emailed contacts I hadn’t spoken to in years. I refreshed job boards until my eyes blurred. I wrote cover letters late into the night with my laptop balanced on my knees, the apartment too quiet around me.
At first, I treated it like an emergency that would resolve itself quickly. I had experience. I had skills. I had always been the reliable one.
Then
