Santiago Vitagliano, Author at Tiny Buddha

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Santiago Vitagliano writes under the pen name SAVI. He is the author of The Journey Begins Within and Awakened Paths | Caminando Despiertos, written in English and Spanish, and a Readers' Choice Finalist at the American Book Fest. His work sits where contemplative faith meets the practical work of healing. He writes at thejourneybeginswithin.com.

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The Wholeness I Found When I Lost Someone I Love

By Santiago Vitagliano

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi

The room didn’t change when she left. The chair was where it had always been, angled toward the window the way she liked it. What changed was that I could finally see the shape of the thing I’d been leaning on, now that it wasn’t there to lean on anymore.

For a long time, I called what I felt “love,” and some of it was. But underneath the grief was something I was slower to admit. A lot of what I missed wasn’t her. It was the version of …