An Island Summer

by Jenny Hale

it’s to teach you that whatever’s going on in your life, calm is within you. Sometimes, you just have to wade through the deep waters to find it.”

I love him. I always will. And I curse the forces that made me choose between my life and his.”

How did I get myself into this mess? I’m torn between two lives—the one I know I want and the one that I can’t live without. Either way, I’ve lost.

Take any step as long as it’s the first one. And then take another one after that. The time will pass, whether you do it or not. Wouldn’t you rather spend your days walking than sitting still?”

I never regretted it because if there was one truly great person in this world, it was him.

By the time I realized that I could love the man who’d been in love with me my whole adult life, he’d already moved on.