The Modern Love Blueprint

 When I walked out of my marriage after fifteen years, I thought I knew love. I thought I understood the rituals that hold a home together: the quiet goodnights, the lists on the fridge, the small compromises that felt like kindness. But the ending taught me this: sometimes love changes shape so slowly you only recognize it once it's already gone. Re-entering the world as a single woman felt like stepping into a city I used to live in that had been rebuilt overnight. Friends no longer set you up at dinner parties - now they send you links to apps.

Eye contact was replaced by profile pictures, and conversation by clever prompts. I wanted to turn back at the door. But I also wanted to turn toward myself.

This book is my hand extended to anyone who has ever begun again. It is not a manual, because people are not machines. It is a map I drew while walking - with wrong turns, scenic routes, and places I'd return to on purpose.