my biggest fear

When I was little I didn't fear monsters in the closet or the dark. I would wake up in the middle of the night and check on my parents to make sure they were still breathing. I would slip across the hall and through the living room, unable to sleep until I knew they were okay.
I started at an early age in the paralyzing fear that I would lose someone I loved.
But later the fear of losing someone I loved grew. I realized that it was not just death that could tear relationships apart. I never had...