by Natalie AK Scott
I sat in my chair on a cold winter morning, and as the black of night turned to the dark blue of dawn, I wrote in my journal: “I think what I’m feeling is a deep loneliness.”
It wasn’t that I’d never felt it before, but it was the first time I’d felt lonely while being married. I was lonely while having what the world told me should make me immune to loneliness.
That was months before the quarantine and isolation of the 2020 pandemic, and as I entered a year of even more separation and isolation, the loneliness only grew.
But over time, I’ve learned some things about loneliness that surprise, comfort, and challenge me. The most surprising aspect is the fact that it doesn’t follow a predictable pattern: I can be lonely in marriage. I can be lonely and have meaningful friendships.
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