Forever and Always

soooo this is all Dexy Valentine’s fault

We’ve been bickering for years about forever and always. I’ve been a vehement non-believer— because forever, as we usually mean it, is a lie. Everything changes. Everything ends. Everything Dies. But love in all forms has taught me something different. Always can exist — as long as you’re not attached to the outcome. “Always with you” doesn’t mean always beside you. True love doesn’t possess. It doesn’t trap. It allows growth — even when that growth means space, distance, or growing apart. Love that can’t change form becomes attachment, control, nostalgia, or fantasy. Real love evolves — from presence to memory, from intimacy to gratitude, from longing to quiet recognition. You don’t lose love just because a relationship changes. Change is where true love lives. Some relationships awaken you. They change you forever — and you get to carry what they awakened for the rest of your life, whether that person stays or goes. You don’t lose the feeling because the outcome changes. Love isn’t conditional on permanence. Love isn’t owned. Love endures by transforming.