We cant predict the future; we dont know the ways the world will change us over time.
Ill always remember how I already knew the answer: We wont.
I knew wed have to walk away from the harbor.
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I knew wed have to fly back home.
I knew she had to move across the country and Id stay in our old town alone.
I knew everything would change, because thats what life doesit flows forward.
It is constantly transforming, and it alters us along with it.
I didnt tell her that, though.
Well have the sun in our hair and the water against our bare feet.
Well have the wind playing with the hems of our skirts and the feeling of magic in the air.
In this moment, all of this is ours.
And maybe someday well look back and feel like we lost something.
Maybe well mourn the fact that we cant go back and relive it all again.
The truth is, life is too short to always be looking forward.
We cant predict the future; we dont know the ways the world will change us over time.
To laugh when you want, to dance when you feel the urge, to love with abandon.
To cry when you better and recognize that even these difficult times deserve to be honored.
Because I was rightI havent returned to that harbor.
I havent even seen my friend in years.
The world has changed in so many ways since those halcyon days, and so have I.
It means everything to me.
