It's an anniversary, of sorts. I celebrated a first date with my partner for 5 years on this day... until today. It's impossible to not regret a "love lost", but at my age, I've also learned that Love never loses. It may change, it may move on, but lost as Love can become, it still remains. So, for the first time in 6 years today, I celebrated a different anniversary. We are all on our own Journeys. I'm glad I had that 5 year Journey with him. I could not imagine the last five years without him. So I celebrated today in knowing that love for five years. I walked along a foggy ocean shore with an unlikely friend that I feature all too prominently here. My partner was half my age, ridiculous I know! But it worked. It didn't just work, but it somehow made sense. My unlikely friend, my confidant, my "emotional rebound" as he has coined himself even to his own friends, is FIVE (5) years younger than my ex!
