“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”

“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”

““How great would it be,” I said, “to be able to turn back time.” “What would you do if you could do that?” “I would rewind all the way back to the first time we met,” I looked up at the sky, “And instead of staying, I would choose to walk away because I think it would hurt less to remember her as a stranger than to know her as a familiar face with fading memories.”