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There’s a quote I’ve loved for a long time that ends “this person unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of those qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable…that person wins. They win and you lose. Because they control how you feel about everything else.”

I’m a pretty private person. I don’t usually think its appropriate to spread my feelings around on the Internet. They’re my feelings, not to be set up to be “liked” or commented upon. Maybe I’m unique in that. When I thumb through my Facebook feed, somedays it seems I’m the only one who isn’t sharing a little too much.

There has been a large amount of change and “drama” in my life as of late. I ended a relationship, one that defined everything I’ve ever known about love, and let that create a peaceful hole in the center of my life. It was a needed separation, but one that was tough to implement.

A quick turn of events, I started dating one of the very best friends I ever known. One who had taught me an incredible amount about believing in myself, about dreaming and about what a healthy relationship really feels like.

Who knew I could feel loved and uplifted and cared for in a relationship? I honestly didn’t. Not until Ron Howard.

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.”

I feel good. I feel new.