That in Which We Take for Granted
It’s been quite the journey coming to understand all of the things I took for granted when I had you. Foremost: you. I got to a point where I let everything go because I assumed you would just stick by my side. But at the same time longed for an idea of what it was like to be alone. A reason I found you to be such a great partner is that you inhabited so many of the things I was looking for in life; we were both vain, spending more time than usual to maintain a certain physical shape, keep our skin and hair in outstanding performance; we were both driven, wanting more from life than others were settling for, each of us having dreams to obtain; we were both selfish, not afraid to put ourselves first and make sure we were happy before lending ourselves to others. Yet I let all of those things go. I got fat and started to lose my hair (albeit the latter not so much in my control, but definitely could have been quicker to absolve the issue and get over my reluctance to h...