Seeing as this was a very personal project for you, I have a few words to say as a random user.
Your feelings have a lot of power, because I sincerely resonated with them and from the looks of it, this story is very relatable, which is quite sad in a way but also comforting.
I loved this and I'm glad I clicked it in the front page. I don't think I need to say more other than thank you for writing this story, for giving a voice to those feelings.