Can I Run Something By You?

What if asking for help didn’t feel like weakness—but like the beginning of healing?

Preface

We don’t always know how to ask for help. Sometimes it feels like admitting failure. Other times, like cracking open a door we’ve held shut for years. This story is about that moment. The quiet shift that happens when someone decides they don’t have to do it all alone anymore.

Elise didn’t use the words “I’m struggling.” She didn’t have to. She as…