An Open Love Letter

by Ana Cristina

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What was life like before you existed for me?

I cannot remember what life was like before you entered mine. Wait, that’s a lie – I just don’t like remembering. I don’t like to remember what it was like not having you be the first and the last person I speak to everyday. Life is so much fuller, so much brighter and more alive to me now that you are a part of it.

I believe this: love is the ability to take the most minute detail of our lover – the color of his eyelashes, his favorite song – and make it essential. And here is the most amazing thing – every day I learn something new about you. You are an eternal mystery for me, one which I delight in unraveling every day.

One of the greatest revelations of life is realizing that we never truly get to know 100% about someone, even ourselves. Life is a process. And so is love. Love is an action, not a statement. It isn’t a thing, it’s being.

Love is knowing that I exist for someone else, too, and what is more – that my existence matters.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. An Open Love Letter

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 7 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    It kind of reminds me of my little brother when he first found out that there was life on this planet before him. He was quite bewildered. (Still is.)
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    love is the ability to take the most minute details of our lover and make it essential.
    Nice!

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    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 7 months ago

    When I used to teach elementary school students history, they couldn’t fathom that there was life before them, either. It’s a scary thought, when you really think about it. There was life before you, there will be life after you. Yikes!
    Thanks for the comment! :-)

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 7 months ago

    I love your last line. I always want to feel that my existence matters to someone! That is truly an aspect of love.

  4. An Open Love Letter

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best description of love I’ve ever read.
    LoA

  5. An Open Love Letter

    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love it. It’s beautiful, and so very true.
    LoA

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