We fell in love, despite our
differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was
created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and
that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my
memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it
In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it
go. At least I thought it was. But in every boy I met in the next
few years, I found myself looking for you, and when the feelings
got too strong, I'd write you another letter. But I never sent
them for fear of what I might find. By then, you'd gone on with
your life and I didn't want to think about you loving someone
else. I wanted to remember us like we were that summer. I
didn't ever want to lose that."
People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of
your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you
finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and
you start up again with another book, complete with new characters
and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones,
not the ones from the past."
The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are
connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've
lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them
we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been
forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is
both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to
what will come.