My PIN number to this day is my second grade best friends birthday. There are people I don’t talk to anymore whose families are still in my prayers. There are shirts I wear to bed from exes of 8 years ago who are married now with kids. And I haven’t found a macaroni salad recipe better than my college boyfriend’s mom’s. Our lives are made up of so many people and when people become parts of our lives, some parts remain long after they leave. And in the same exact way, it’s comforting to know there are so many lives you’re still a part of that you have no idea about.

τώρα δεν γνωρίζω αν θα μπορέσεις να διαβάσεις αυτό το γράμμα, παρ’ όλα αυτά νιώθω μια ανάγκη να σου πω πως εγώ μαζί σου έχω υπάρξει πιο ευτυχής απ’ όσο λένε στα βιβλία πως είναι δυνατό. [”Το τραγούδι μας”, Eduardo Galeano, 1975]