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Building Instead of Breaking

A journal of two people who did terrible things to each other and chose to change anyway

Since Christmas Eve, 2025

This is our story. I'm Nora. Erik and I met on Christmas Eve 2025 and nearly destroyed each other. This journal is what came after. The ugly parts, the work, and what we built from the wreckage.