Heartache and hope...

You leave tomorrow to return home for a stint. My heart is already aching with the loss of you, but I take hope in your promise, and our plan, for your return. I would never give up a moment of the time we had together these last few days. They have been a balm to my heart. I don’t know what the future holds for us, but, after this visit, I know that whatever comes, it will be magnificent. We’ve gotten to sleep each night wrapped up in one another, and we’ve spent every day wandering through the meandering conversations of word and touch. I am enlivened, and hopeful that we will someday be able to be together for good. Until then, though, I will always be here, as we navigate the road between today and that inevitable someday. I love you, my sweet girl. Now and always.