When I see heart-shaped necklaces that are
perfectly symmetrical, I think the jeweler got it wrong. It wouldn’t make any difference to me if the
necklace was covered with huge, sparkly diamonds. It still would have no appeal to me. Those perfect heart-shaped necklaces are
unrealistic because life isn’t perfect.
I was fifteen when I had my first high school crush. He was cute, fun, and interesting. I think I actually floated on air after his
first kiss. Things were going great, until
he showed up at school one day holding hands with another girl. A piece of my heart broke that day but I held
my head up high and moved on. There
never was an explanation. We avoided
each other for the next two years. And
it wasn’t until our high school’s 25th reunion that he apologized
for his rude treatment.
When I was eighteen I was the one who broke a boy’s
heart. We dated our Senior year of high
school and into his first year of college.
I felt that I was too young to tie myself down. I was working for the Federal Government and
there was a lot going on in my life. It
wasn’t him, it really was me. A piece of
my heart broke because I knew the pain I caused him.
When I was nineteen and working at the Pentagon I
thought I met “the one.” The young Army officer seemed to have it
all. Until I found out that I was the
one who made him question if his on/off girlfriend was the right one for
him. After a short time he proposed…to the
other girl. He was the right one, just
not my right one. Another piece of my heart
chipped away once more.
When I was twenty-one I met Sergei Kourdakov at my
office. He was unlike anyone I had ever
met. The attraction between us was
immediate, we both felt it. Dating a
Russian defector was definitely adventurous.
We laughed all of the time and enjoyed every minute we spent together. When he died it felt like my heart had broken
into a million pieces.
Hearts break…pieces are chipped away, and hearts fall
apart every day. Over the years, I learned
to pick up the pieces of my heart and gather them together. Those pieces are life lessons. We heal; we move on and learn to love again.
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