This is interesting **“Saudade”—a simple word that holds a sense of longing in uncertainty—reflects the complex relationship between the sea, loss, and returning to land. Without Richie’s hand, and in the roar of the North Sea wind that swallows all his screams, we feel how the loss of identity can liberate the soul and confine it. Longing for the sea becomes longing for home, and vice versa. This story is not just about physical paralysis, but about how trauma can change the way we view ‘the place we call home.’ This post is moving—touching the deepest part of how loss shapes attachment, and attachment shapes unspoken longing.”