The People We Keep

by Allison Larkin

I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people and lose them and your smile fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave.

The best way to keep your heart from getting broken is not to get your hopes up in the first place.

“If someone changes so much that they’re barely

the same person, who are you even missing?”

We have people we get to keep, who won’t ever let us go. And that’s the most important part. That’s what’s true.