If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital.

If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital.

My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. 'Don't you ever wish you could make that bit go away?" I say, feeling angry at the past. 'That you could erase those painful memories, forget they every happened, just remember the happy times you had together?' 'You must never say that,' he reprimands sternly. 'But why not?' I look at him in surprise. 'Because it's the bad memories that makes you appreciate the good ones. Don't ever wish them away. it's like your nan always used to say, "You need both the sun and the rain to make a rainbow".

Their eyes met. It had begun. They had begun.

Life isn't complicated. It's very simple, really. It's us who make it complicated.

I was in love with the idea of him. An ideal of him. Of who I thought he was. Of who he used to be.

Life can change in the blink of an eye. All you have is right now. So don’t ever put off telling someone how you feel about them, don’t assume that they know, because they might not and it might be too late.