Every Last Word

by Tamara Ireland Stone

“The trick is to recognize your mistakes, take what you need from them, and move on.”

I like to know where I stand with people, and I figure I owe them the same courtesy.

“I didn’t go there looking for you. I went looking for me.” My voice is soft, low, and shaky. “But now, here you are, and somehow, in finding you, I think I’ve found myself.”

Feeling all the pain of letting them go. And knowing I did the right thing.