Fixing a broken relationship
You know, sometimes people get so at odds with one another that the only thing they can think of to do is break up. They pull themselves away from the person they love, and forget what made them fall in love to begin with.
A number of years ago, Danny and I had a very bad falling out. It was so serious that I actually left and came back to Arkansas from Mississippi for awhile. I really thought that was it for us. Both our hearts were breaking, and yet we couldn't seem to find a way to get back together without sacrificing too much of ourselves. That was just it, though. It was really our own pride that kept us apart, and our lack of forgiveness for one another's errors. We'd lost that blind-love attitude we had when we first met.
A break up doesn't have to be permanent though. You know what Danny did? He wrote letters to me. Tender, loving letters that I still have these many years later. He said I was beautiful. He said I was perfect. He said he missed me. He said he couldn't live without me in his life. For someone with his personality, these were incredibly romantic letters that even a best selling writer couldn't have written better.
Now, Danny wasn't a poet, but his own simple words written on paper wooed me back to him. I needed that kind of love in my life, and I needed to return it to him as well. I'm so glad now that I was won over again by his pure love for me. We took advantage of our remaining years together to grow ever closer, and today I still miss him and think about him daily.
Danny passed away on Christmas Eve of 2005, and I don't think I'll ever love like that again.
What are you doing to ensure the love of your life stays in your life?
A number of years ago, Danny and I had a very bad falling out. It was so serious that I actually left and came back to Arkansas from Mississippi for awhile. I really thought that was it for us. Both our hearts were breaking, and yet we couldn't seem to find a way to get back together without sacrificing too much of ourselves. That was just it, though. It was really our own pride that kept us apart, and our lack of forgiveness for one another's errors. We'd lost that blind-love attitude we had when we first met.
A break up doesn't have to be permanent though. You know what Danny did? He wrote letters to me. Tender, loving letters that I still have these many years later. He said I was beautiful. He said I was perfect. He said he missed me. He said he couldn't live without me in his life. For someone with his personality, these were incredibly romantic letters that even a best selling writer couldn't have written better.
Now, Danny wasn't a poet, but his own simple words written on paper wooed me back to him. I needed that kind of love in my life, and I needed to return it to him as well. I'm so glad now that I was won over again by his pure love for me. We took advantage of our remaining years together to grow ever closer, and today I still miss him and think about him daily.
Danny passed away on Christmas Eve of 2005, and I don't think I'll ever love like that again.
What are you doing to ensure the love of your life stays in your life?
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