After You

“You don’t have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.”

or we refuse to acknowledge them because we feel guilty for moving forward

“You don’t have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.” ’

Because suddenly I’m tired and everything hurts and I just can’t fight any more.

Okay, Will, I told him silently. If this was your idea of pushing me into a whole new life you certainly pulled a blinder.

‘You still sleeping in his T-shirt?’
‘No. It stopped smelling of him.

adopting a kid from Kazakhstan

The fact that Will had loomed up again, ever-present in every conversation. I could see his face suddenly, that sardonic eyebrow raised, as if to say, What on earth are you up to now, Clark?

talking to him was as effortless as breathing

He would be there, watching as my plane gathered speed and lifted into the great blue sky beyond. And, with luck, he would be there, waiting, when I came home again.