June 7th, 1984

Dear You

Right here and right now I am the happiest I have ever been. You are sleeping across the room and I have to leave in a few minutes. I don’t want to wake you, but I need you to know what the past couple of days have meant to me. You brought me out of my despair. I didn’t think that would be possible. I thought that I would drift through the rest of my life as a sad and broken person. Now I know that that doesn’t have to be. I can love again, because I think I could fall in love with you. I might venture to say that I probably already have.

            I don’t say that to pressure you or to scare you, I simply state it as a fact. A fact that shows how much you have helped to restore my faith in the world. I’ve spent these past several months walking around with a complete hatred and misanthropy in my bones. You’ve helped me to lose that, and I am forever grateful, whatever happens with us going forward.

            Me