Martine :
Indeed, it’s not always the person we miss. Sometimes, it’s the way we felt when we were with them: the connection, the laughter, the lightness, that feeling that life was simpler and, in some way, more beautiful. With time, we realize that those feelings were already somewhere within us, and that the encounter simply brought them to the surface. Perhaps that is what certain encounters leave us with: not just the memory of a person, but the discovery of a part of ourselves that their presence brought to life. A different way of laughing, of looking at life, of feeling alive. The encounter may be over, the person may no longer be there, but what it revealed within us continues to exist. And perhaps that is the most beautiful trace an encounter can leave: it may disappear from our lives, but it never completely disappears from who it helped us become.
2026-10-04 05:51:44