(For the girl I lit the candles for)

You didn’t attend the wedding because you were traveling. Initially, I was disappointed because you meant a lot to me and I wanted to see you there.

But God or the universe has a way of getting it right even though it doesn’t seem so at the time.  Now, for reasons obvious and still opaque, I am glad you weren’t there.

When I saw you at ———- wedding at the church from a distance, the first time in several years, I won’t lie – my heart jumped a little bit.  Before arriving at the church, I also felt anxious because I knew you were going to be there.  That soft spot never went away.  I don’t think it ever will.

Bur long story short, I wanted to touch history and sometimes history not only touches you back, but knocks you down to the ground.  People change and they don’t as well.  But that’s another story.

I’ve also come to realize we love different people differently.  It’s just life and the universe at play.  Life turns out so differently than expected and maybe, just maybe it’s ok, even eventually good.