The Lost | Sisters
Maybe being lost isn’t about not knowing where someone is. Maybe it’s about knowing exactly where they are — and still feeling miles apart.
Ella was the older one — fierce, protective, the one who braided my hair before the first day of school. Maya was the middle child, quiet and watchful, always sketching in a spiral notebook. I was the youngest, trailing behind them like a shadow with pigtails. The Lost Sisters
The last time the three of us were in the same room, we talked about the weather and the Wi-Fi password. Not about the summer we built a fort in the living room, or the night we swore we saw a ghost in the hallway, or how Ella used to sneak us candy before dinner while Maya drew flowers on our hands. Maybe being lost isn’t about not knowing where someone is
We lost each other slowly. First to high school, then to college, then to cities with different area codes. No big fight. No betrayal. Just the erosion of time and the assumption that there would always be more of it. Maya was the middle child, quiet and watchful,
This isn’t a sad post. It’s a reminder. If you have sisters, or siblings, or chosen family you’ve let drift: call them. Not because something’s wrong. Just because they still remember the fort.
