#17) A Cold December

The third story in a series on heartbreak

I think you all know what was coming next, and it didn’t take long. Within a week Tara was back to doubt, and after her initial appointment with her work coach as a therapist, she dropped the ball on scheduling more. My friend Carly has a saying: “Begin as you plan to go on,” which is another version of the famous Maya Angelou quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.“ These are truisms that I needed to embrace in the world of love— head and heart—but I was only able to do it in the former.