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Losing whom you thought was your forever love is not just a breakup, and it’s not just a broken heart. It’s way beyond that.

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You were once my world, but now you’re just going to be a part of it.

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Love arrives when it must. Love leaves exactly when it should.

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I’m only looking for the love that stays. A love that continues. A love that knows all the impermanence of this world, yet pushes back against it. A love that believes. A love that trusts. A love that moves forward, even when the pieces don’t quite fit, even when there’s more stubbornness than solution, more frustration than faith.

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You still can’t get your head around the fact that they are a part of your past not the future. And that they are a memory instead of a vision.

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I’m a forever kind of person. I believe in big love, of growing old with your friends and your soulmate. I believe in coffee dates with my girl friends when we’re old and wrinkly. I believe in rocking on the front porch swing with my husband when the sun comes out to play in the middle of the day.

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I’ll tell you that it takes time. Good things take time. Real things take time. Love takes time. It’s not easy to find something so beautiful and so real. It’s not easy to find genuine people who want to see you happy and only want what’s best for you.

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I believe in love stories that last 50+ years. And I know that’s going to be my story one day.

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There’s no way really to move because no matter what step you take it will never be one together.

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Find the girl who you tell some crazy plan to and her response is ‘let’s do it.’