And then there was one...

This blip is inspired by my mothers recent acknowledgement and appreciation for lessons she has been posting on her blip.

Where once there were two name tags, now there is one. This lonely name tag stares at me every day. I feel that the one that was there before didn't belong there, but maybe it did. For the short year and few months that there were two, I was learning. I really do appreciate those six red letters that kept my eight letters company for that time because I grew. I became about a thousand times stronger than I was before and I really feel it. I know that with every kiss there was love, with every phone call that ended in a terrible fight there was a lesson, with every laugh we shared there was a real friendship evolving, and with every "I miss you" a tiny piece of my love for him on a romantic level faded. The one reason I am 100% positive I made the right decision is because after the distance worked it's hardest to confuse me and make sure I forgot how it felt to be truly loved, I could not see myself growing old with this man. A very wise friend of mine told me that he doesn't see the point of a relationship unless you can see yourself growing old with that person and I think he is so right. What good is it to be with someone unless you're in it to see if forever is the answer. I don't believe in partaking in a relationship that you don't want to last forever because what is it then? Spending time with someone simply to pass the time until you find the "right one?" This lonely name tag is a reminder that I once was perfectly capable of finding great happiness and feeling an abundance of love...on my own. And now is the time for me to remember how it feels to be happy without counting on a man. I am learning.