Friendships Archives – M.P. Capellan

Familiar, Not Safe

M.P.C. / June 9, 2026

Nothing is particularly special about a day when you wake up feeling gray. Still, I had hoped to hear — […]

M.P.C. / April 13, 2026

I wanted to write a reminder of reasons I walked away from you, to put shape to the silence that

M.P.C. / September 27, 2025

Why are life experiences so repetitive? That feeling when you know you’ve been there before, emotionally, and you already know

M.P.C. / July 11, 2022

You’re just there. as if randomly sitting across the bar, staring for hours but not engaging, only difference is you

M.P.C. / June 13, 2022

So much has been said about friendships, through personal anecdotes, quotes, proverbs, and entire books, that you think you know

M.P.C. / April 18, 2022

It hurts to admit when a friendship has run its course. But it hurts more to keep holding on. It’s

M.P.C. / January 24, 2022

I’ve learned that anyone you care about can crush you into pieces. I’ve learned that heartbreak doesn’t always have a

M.P.C. / June 21, 2021

While taking care of my bouquet of roses the other day, I started thinking about the relationship between flowers and,

M.P.C. / February 9, 2020

What if I put it in colors, I said, staring at the hundreds of unused color pencils resting on my

M.P.C. / June 30, 2019

There are friends who want you to stay Friends who want you away Friends in distress Friends in happiness Friends

M.P.C. / August 1, 2013

We’re not perfect Do you ever wonder why we’re holding on to this anger? I haven’t forgotten what we’re fighting