Category Archives: Memories

The One Who Got Away

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Once upon a time we shared something truly special. Through high school and college we were the magical couple everyone thought would be in love and together forever. Things changed and we broke each other’s heart. Even now I am not sure what happened. E.T.

My heart literally hurts,
My chest is in pain,
Life without you
Will never be the same.
I can’t blame you,
Because I did you wrong too.
But now that it’s officially over
I don’t know what to do.
I’ll never forget your smile;
I’ll never forget your kiss;
But your presence in my life
Will forever be missed.
“The One Who Got Away” by Kiera

A Yearning Comes Over Me

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Some days I’m fine and on others just OK. Then there are days when I’m reminded of you like seeing a couple in love, a song, a movie, a place, or something someone says.  Then a yearning comes over me and I’m reminded how deeply I am still in love with you. C.B.

 Sometimes,
when one person is missing,
the whole world seems depopulated.
Lamartine

Finding Out

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Finding out about your childhood caught me by surprise. It explains why you have difficulty trusting anyone, especially those you love. I’m so sorry you were abused as a kid, but it’s not my fault. I’ll help you away way I can, but won’t let you abuse me because of your past. A.O.

My name is Chris,
I am three,
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see,
I must be stupid
I must be bad,
What else could have made
My daddy so mad?
I wish I were better,
I wish I wasn’t ugly,
Then maybe my mommy
Would still want to hug me…
Author Unknown

A Little Piece of You

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Keepsake boxes of various sizes and types hold sweet memories of when we were together. Cards, letters, notes, used tickets and little souvenirs of all kinds are cherished mementos of our ‘once upon a time’. Keeping it all allows me to still hold on to a little piece of you. D.W.

Now you’re
just somebody
I used to know.
Gotye

Out My Window

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Plainly simple, I still love you and often find thoughts dancing in my head about time we shared. The grief of our ending has long passed replaced by gratefulness for what was. I hope you are happy, healthy and enjoying your life. Always you’ll be in my heart. V.M.

Gazing out my window
I thought of yesterdays
The faces and the gestures
And how the laughter fades
Wondered if you’re happy
Or if you found your way
From long nights in November
And the promise that we made.
“Back Spaces” by Jeff Kurfess

Drown What’s Left of You

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Often I wake knowing I’ve been dreaming of you again. I relive good times or spin new make-believe ones in my subconscious. Then there are dreams when I hear you say again “I love you and forgive you, but can’t forget what you did. I can’t be with you anymore.” A.O.

So bring on the pain
Let it kill your memory
Bring on the rain
Let it drown what’s left of you and me
I know the only way I’m ever gonna make it
Is burying the best of us
Even though it’s killing me
Cause I don’t love you any less
But I can’t love you anymore
From the song “I Can’t Love You Anymore” by Gary Nichols

You Won’t See It End

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We were going steady. I adored you. Each evening after work I’d drive by your house to feel closer to you. Night after night I did and you never knew, at least not until I saw you kissing another guy in your driveway in his car. I was only sixteen, but it hurts still today. R.Y.

You can see a clock,
but you can’t see the time.
You can see my face,
but you can’t see my mind.
You can see the clouds,
but you can’t see the wind.
You saw my love for you begin,
but you won’t see it end.
Unknown

Without Regret

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Only in retrospect am I able to clearly see how kind you were. With all your heart you loved me. Even at our worst when the relationship was falling apart you never once said you regretted loving me. I will always be grateful. You taught me how to love better. K.M.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness.
Know how to give without hesitation,
how to lose without regret,
how to acquire without meanness.
George Sand

Smile Because it Happened

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Loneliness that felt like it was going to kill me is mostly gone. There were moments when the pain of missing you made it hard to breathe. At times now I look back and enjoy good memories; sometimes it still hurts like hell. You’re in my heart for the rest of my life. D.E.

Don’t cry because it’s over.
Smile because it happened.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

No Less Remarkable

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With my eyes closed I can still see us together in my memories. I was very angry at you for a long time, but that feeling has mellowed. In my heart now is etched a permanent reverence for the great love we shared. That we lasted only for a time makes it no less remarkable. J.B.

Forgiving is love’s toughest work, and love’s biggest risk.
If you twist it into something it was never meant to be,
It can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator.
Forgiving seems almost unnatural.
Our sense of fairness tells us
People should pay for the wrong they do.
But forgiving is love’s power to break nature’s rule.
Lewis B. Smedes