StoriesByNthabiseng
This is not a love story.
It is a story about waking up.
The Woman I Almost Lost is an intimate, honest, and deeply emotional journey of a woman navigating love, motherhood, betrayal, and self-discovery. Set in the quiet moments between heartbreak and healing, this book explores what happens when a woman realises that the person she has been fighting hardest for is not her partner - but herself.
After becoming a mother, she finds her relationship slowly unraveling. Absence replaces presence. Silence replaces love. And slowly, without realising it, she begins to disappear inside her own life. When an unexpected emotional connection awakens parts of her she thought were gone forever, she is forced to confront a truth she has been avoiding: staying has been costing her more than leaving ever could.
This story is not about choosing between two men.
It is about choosing dignity over fear.
Self-worth over loneliness.
Healing over familiarity.
Raw, reflective, and tender, The Woman I Almost Lost speaks to every woman who has ever stayed too long, loved too deeply, and forgotten herself in the process. It is for mothers, daughters, partners, and women standing at the edge of change - unsure, afraid, but quietly brave.
This is a story about heartbreak.
And rebirth.
And the courage it takes to choose yourself - even when it feels terrifying.