Amara

Dedication

For Namanda Gaita.

You are the quiet place I come back to when the world is too loud.

You taught me that love is not a performance. It is the plain, steady work of staying, of listening, of choosing each other again on the ordinary days when nothing is happening and everything matters.

Thank you for your patience, for your laughter, and for every small kindness that you never thought to mention. You made a hard year gentle, and a gentle year feel like home.

You are the best thing I ever chose.
I would choose you again.

AMARA

Written by Steve

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First Edition 2026