Ink_of_Kindness
Ellie Reyes has spent her life holding her family together - even as her own world begins to crumble.
Single in her forties, weighed down by mounting bills and her parents' constant conflict, Ellie lives in a quiet cycle of responsibility, exhaustion, and loneliness. But everything changes when her mother is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
As Ellie becomes both daughter and caregiver, she watches the woman she loves most slowly fade, carrying grief long before it is time to mourn. And when her mother eventually passes, Ellie is left standing in the wreckage of loss, guilt, and heartbreak.
Yet in the midst of pain, she discovers unexpected kindness, fragile hope, and the strength to keep going - not just to survive, but to find herself again.
This is a story of love, sacrifice, loss, and the quiet courage it takes to rebuild a life after everything falls apart.