love story

I thought love was about holding on to someone… until life showed me that the greatest gift of love is awakening. Opening We met at the gym for months. Altogether, we only talked for about ten minutes. He suggested having coffee several times, but I always refused. Then in May, he told me he would be leaving soon. And he asked me to do him a favor: to finally have a coffee with him. So I did. We met at Starbucks — three times, three cups of coffee over three weeks. And somewhere between those conversations, I saw love in his eyes, and I fell in love with him. And then, as planned, he left. The Gift of Leaving I used to think meeting him was the best gift of my life. Because...