Dear Samira,

This is a hard spot in your life. It doesn’t feel good to get dis-entwined from someone’s energy, when you have been entwined for so long. You do need to cry and scream.

But, after that, then . . . you need to look up. Get up. Unbend from your despair. Get tough. Breathe again. I invite you to respect yourself a great deal, and go on a personal journey. Continue your higher education, and see where that takes you. I think that could be great for you.

As someone said, we all know the pain of losing love. Sometimes you just have to keep riding the boat down the current of the river and see what else beautiful is up ahead. As a young person, it may seem like he is the ‘only one’ and that this heartbreak is the worst thing that could ever happen to you. You get my age, and you realize that the good and the bad keep coming around–both. The bad comes. But the good comes, too. There will be more joy ahead, if you let it. Look up, sweetie.
~Jennifer