We’ve had our laughs, haven’t we? And our cries, too. Of course, there were always things we couldn’t say to each other. Maybe they were things we knew, things we didn’t have to say. I’d like to think that was the case. I’d like to believe that explanation.

I miss you already. Your shining face, your occasional supportive comment, the fact that you were there when I was here. We had this moment in the ether. It was ours.

I won’t stay away forever. I couldn’t. There’s something I have to do. But I’ll be back.

Maybe in a month or so.