I know you'll be a star in someone else's sky.

Staying friends with an ex is really hard. Scratch that. It is nigh on impossible to remain friends with an ex. Especially when there are still feelings, at least on one end.

People move on at different rates. For some, it takes a few weeks, some a lifetime. Is there a mandatory waiting period? An acceptable recovery time? How do you know when its okay to start looking? And what if you don't go looking, what if someone finds you?

There are some feelings to expect when going through this process. There's a feeling in particular that I can shed some light on. A way to describe it is having a vortex located in your chest. It feels like you're inhaling water instead of air. When you see the smile of the person you love and you know, you know deep down inside that someone else causes that smile now. Someone else calls them their partner. Someone else calls them home.

I've never lied about the fact that I still love him. Whenever I am asked, I say that it's still there. I love him for showing me all the things that he has. He showed me what it felt like to trust the person you're with, what it felt like to be protected. He showed me what real love was and now he's showing someone else.

We make choices that we regret, that we wish we could take back, but life doesn't work like that. We can't go back and re-record like we used to on old video tapes. I know that we made what was probably the right choice but just because something is right, doesn't mean it's easy.