“I didn’t get to choose the lessons I’ve learned. None of us do. Life chooses them for us, but what I’ve learned is this: tomorrow isn’t promised. I’ve loved before, I have, and I loved well. I loved as hard as that version of me could possibly love, but that version thought he had a lifetime to love. He thought he had time. He thought tomorrow was given. The version of me that stands with you here and now is different. The lesson was hard, so fucking hard, but I learned it well. I’m not going to love you like I have time. I’m going to love you like every day is our last day. Our first day.
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