I Found a 1991 Letter from My First Love That I’d Never Seen Before in the Attic – After Reading It, I Typed Her Name into a Search Bar

Susan — or Sue, to everyone who knew her — had this quiet, steel-strong way about her that made people trust her.

She was the kind of woman who’d sit in a crowded room and still make you feel like you were the only one there.

We met during our sophomore year of college. She dropped her pen. I picked it up.

That was the beginning.

We were inseparable. The kind of couple people rolled their eyes at but never really hated. Because we weren’t obnoxious about it.

We were just… right.

But then came graduation. I got the call that my dad had taken a fall. He’d already been declining, and Mom wasn’t in any shape to handle it all alone.

So, I packed my bags and moved back home.

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