After reaching our destination and securing the canoe, we watched the sunset sitting side by side on a boulder in the sexiest moment of silence. The kind where you grew, both separately and together. The kind of silence that forced you to take a deep breath afterward and look to the person you were with for confirmation that they’d felt the connection to something greater, too. We’d shared a shy smile of gratitude for not having to experience the moment alone, knowing in that short span of time we’d both become something different, something more fearless. And without saying a word, we knew
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