I will probably miss tomorrow's too..but I'll make it up.

Day 23: The last person you kissed.

Dear the last person I kissed,

Well. Here we are. When I started this, I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this letter. I guess I kind of started it because of you. Well, because of you and me and how you were making me see myself. And how my life felt kinda out of order.

But I'm glad that this is where we are as this letter comes around. We're in a good place. A great place. And we've worked really hard to be here together. It's taken sacrifice and adjustment and listening and talking and really digging in and figuring each other out. It doesn't seem like a good thing, cause people think relationships aren't good unless they come easily, naturally. But it is. Because in real life, relationships take work. And we're definitely stronger for it.

You weren't expected. At all. I never thought I was in the right place to be with someone new, and there you were. And suddenly, it wasn't quite so scary anymore. It almost wasn't a choice. But I guess that's how things are sometimes when they need to be; they just happen. But I'm glad that it did. You've taught me how to have a whole new kind of relationship. I don't know if that's necessarily good or bad, but it was needed. You've let me see how I am in a different way, date in a different way, interact in a different way, make less of the same mistakes and make msitakes in a different way.

We've been through a lot, but whatever happens, know that I needed this relationship. And I needed you. I needed you to challenge me in ways I haven't yet been challenged, to make me experience things I have not yet experienced, and to teach me skills for future relationships that I have not yet mastered. (The memories, the good times, the connection...that's all bonus, I guess...) No matter what happens in the future (because, as we say, if/when we break up...) it's been worth it.

So. Here's to our last kiss. To all the times we've spent together, good and bad. And here, hopefully, is to our next.

Love,
The name in the dust.

PS: At first I thought we'd be real low key and chill, but you kinda evolved, huh? Well. I think that's for the best. What needed to happen. But, just so you know, when I look back on our time together (all whopping 4 months of it, I know...) I only think of the fun stuff.