In the Acknowledgements and Dedications page of my ex-boyfriend Joe's master thesis:

To Gabriela, Dragon Seeker, Lady Star Wars, for all those unfinished but vital issues, for your strength. Not everyone can endure a winter. Fate has us as favorite toys, one day in one place, another day miles away, just once together, for one brief but intense moment. What a moment. A great moment.


It was sweet of him. The circle closes.