For a long time, I believed love had only one story — ours.
I thought that when it ended, the book was closed forever. That the kind of love we shared could never exist again, not in this life, not in any form. The emptiness left behind felt like proof that nothing could ever grow there again.

But love has a way of surprising us.
It does not come back the same — it could never be a copy, a replacement, or a shadow. Instead, it arrives differently, shaped by everything we’ve been through. It is softer, slower, perhaps more cautious, but also deeper, wiser, more real.

Love after loss does not erase what came before.
It honors it.
It carries the lessons, the scars, the memories — and transforms them into new ways of giving, new ways of receiving, new ways of holding someone close.

At first, I resisted it.
I felt guilty for smiling again, guilty for feeling my heart stir when someone new walked into the room. It felt like betrayal. But slowly, I realized — loving again does not mean I stopped loving you. It means I have chosen to keep living.

Because the heart is not a graveyard.
It is a garden.
And even after the harshest winter, flowers can bloom again.

Love after loss may never look the same, but that is what makes it precious. It is love that has been tested, love that knows the cost of breaking and still dares to risk everything again.

And maybe that is the bravest love of all.

Always and Forever

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