“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.” – Francois de la Rouchefoucauld

I saw this ad while I was out with him, and he pointed it out. He mentioned it would look great in his living space. Although I had walked by that ad many times, I never actually read it. What a true statement. I used to think that the distance between us would draw us apart little did I know, it would bring us closer than ever. I have been thinking a lot lately about how far we have come, and how I would never have thought in a million years that we would be at this place. This peaceful, loving, open space.

It actually made me cry, to know that for once I actually believed that maybe one day I can marry someone that I am in love with, and who is in love with me. Maybe one day I can have a family of my own, where two parents are madly in love, sharing love with their children. Just maybe, I can have a chance to create something that I have never had myself. I never really thought that I would be worthy of  having something like that in my life. Although we are not there yet, when I look at him, and what we have been through I couldn’t choose a better person to be by my side. He is the one who has actually showed me that I was worthy of all this.

I try not to think about it, but in just over a month he will be gone again. I used to be frightened that an ocean separating us would make him forget our love, now I am no longer worried as I know that we are stronger than ever.