When we were young
The definition of the word “ALWAYS”- all the time; continuously; uninterruptedly Recently, my husband and I went to get a tattoo that held meaning for both of us. We were vacationing in Hawaii and wanted a Hawaiian word that encompassed our relationship. I had found a Hawaiian word that said “forever” and, to my surprise, he said “I don’t want the words forever or always”. My feelings were hurt by his response, so I gasped and in a whiny voice said “why?!” He reminded me that over 7.5 years ago when we met, my phone password was the word “always”. You see, before we met, I had fallen in love with my best friend. Our word was “always”. I had totally forgotten until he recently reminded me. In lieu of letting go of the past- I’m going to write it all down…in some sort of attempt to have my soul rid of it all. My heart breaks for my husband if he was for a moment thinking he isn’t my person. There was a time I had to choose between the love of my life (at the time) who was also my best