Some nights the only One awake with you is God. That’s not a small thing.

Late nights alone carry a particular weight, because the house is quiet and everybody you would call is asleep. Whatever you believe about who else is awake, being accompanied changes what a bad night does to you. Company lowers the volume on a worry even when it changes nothing about the facts. Those hours are when the accompanying matters most.

Keep something for those hours that needs no one else awake: a page to write on, a few words said out loud. Decide in daylight who you will text in the morning. Then actually text them.