To Goose from Duck

Valencia, Bellingham WA

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Dear Goose, I’m not writing you directly, and I doubt very much you’re checking Bellingham missed connections. I feel like reaching out directly would just upset both of us, and my tarot cards agree. I think of you often, and I miss you a lot. I know you think it’s better this way, and maybe you’re right. After all, I truly believe everything happens for a reason. I had some serious learning to do, and you obviously did too. I still hope we can meet again some day, and maybe try again, if we’ve both learned enough by then. Maybe you can be the better man we both know I deserve, and maybe I can be better than I was as well. Calmer, more secure, with stronger boundaries. I wanted to write you, to let you know... Or at least put it out into the universe... I know myself. I’m not going to “get over” you. I will love you forever. What I CAN do, is accept how things happened, learn from it, heal myself, and keep moving forward. I’ve been doing a good job at that - moving forward. However, today is hard. I know you’re deploying today. And because I still love you, I’m still worried for you. I still want you to be safe. I would still be devastated if anything happened to you. So, I just wanted to tell you one more time to be safe. I can just about hear you saying, “proceeding, ma’am.” I’ll trust Athena to guide you home, victorious. Until we meet again, and I hope we do, Your Duck.