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sometimes when a man goes to war, he has to make himself forget the people he leaves behind. It’s the only way he can become the warrior he needs to be to survive.”
So I did what I always did when life was overwhelming. I got to work.
We were two halves of the same whole. Two souls meant to be connected to each other. Nothing was ever going to change that.
if closing a door was supposed to mean a new one opening, I had no idea how to find it, or where it would lead me when I did.
It takes wisdom and good judgment to know who needs your protection, and to recognize what you’re meant to protect them from.”
It sucks to feel powerless.”
“Maybe that’s not how love works. Nobody’s keeping score. I love you because I do. Because of who you were, and who you are now. Because something deep inside me is connected to something deep inside you. And whatever that is, I think it’s worth fighting for.”
He would always be my safe place, and I would do everything I could to always be his.
his love was big. He left me with enough to last until the day I’m called home and get to see him again.”
The thing about pain, whether it’s physical or not, it demands our attention. A lot of the time that’s as it should be. We move our hand away from a flame to avoid being burned, or we treat an injury so our body can heal. But when that pain doesn’t go away, and it’s not something we can easily fix, it starts to dominate our life. Add in a hefty dose of anger, especially anger at things you can’t change, and it’s easy to forget how to feel anything else.”
we were rebuilding. Because love was bigger than tragedy. It was bigger than pain.
