being tugged away to restart once again. It seems like such a cruel way to live, but you take it in stride. Not only do you get the chance to start fresh, you manage to hold on to connections you've made all along the way. I'm not worried about losing you over the next year, because although I'll miss you like fucking crazy, although I'll feel like I've lost a limb or at least a few philanges until you come home, I know we'll stay friends even through the torment of extreme distance. I've always known that we could last through any test, and so far we've proved that to be true. Now, after only three years together, I look at the Atlantic Ocean and laugh, 6400 km is nothing. We're both good swimmers, I've taken sailing lessons and I own a nice steel-bottomed canoe so we're golden.
I'm not going to lie to you, because no matter how much I affirm that it will be fine - which undoubtedly it will be - it's still the one of hardest things I've faced so far in my life. You are so important to me, and to use words taken from my favourite musical, I die without you. But the line used even more significantly is No Day But Today. So instead of dwelling on the upcoming year without you, I'm simply going to enjoy the numbered days we've got left together. Because there's no way I could possibly not enjoy myself with you. You've made me into the person I am. It sounds cheesy as hell but it's true and there's no other way to put it. I can't imagine who I would be if you had not been such a huge part of my life for the past few years, and I thank you profusely for just being who you are. You're absolutely amazing.
So this isn't the story I promised you, it's just the pilot. I'll wait until your return so that we can work on it together as planned under our bridge. Hey, maybe we'll even get around to that picnic eventually. As you're reading this, you're already speeding away from me and I'm undoubtedly bawling with Richard Walters. The Elephant in the Room will have been finally let free onto the pages in your hands, because this is every honest thought in me splashed across a simple blank page. I love you so much, and I'll see you soon.
Love, Jenna.
I'm not going to lie to you, because no matter how much I affirm that it will be fine - which undoubtedly it will be - it's still the one of hardest things I've faced so far in my life. You are so important to me, and to use words taken from my favourite musical, I die without you. But the line used even more significantly is No Day But Today. So instead of dwelling on the upcoming year without you, I'm simply going to enjoy the numbered days we've got left together. Because there's no way I could possibly not enjoy myself with you. You've made me into the person I am. It sounds cheesy as hell but it's true and there's no other way to put it. I can't imagine who I would be if you had not been such a huge part of my life for the past few years, and I thank you profusely for just being who you are. You're absolutely amazing.
So this isn't the story I promised you, it's just the pilot. I'll wait until your return so that we can work on it together as planned under our bridge. Hey, maybe we'll even get around to that picnic eventually. As you're reading this, you're already speeding away from me and I'm undoubtedly bawling with Richard Walters. The Elephant in the Room will have been finally let free onto the pages in your hands, because this is every honest thought in me splashed across a simple blank page. I love you so much, and I'll see you soon.
Love, Jenna.
