I can fall in love again...

Today I was reminded of why I wanted to fall in love and why I did fall in love. There was a guy that was crazy about me and was scared of losing me because he thought I was so incredible. There was a guy that would do anything for me and would do everything for me. There was a guy who would take me to Mexico to meet his amazing family and share a special place to him with me. There was a guy that would stand by me as I threw up because he was hurting because I was hurting. There was a guy who would hold me closely as we stood on the pier and kiss me gently. There was a guy who would slowly dance with me in his kitchen for no reason at all, except he knew that dancing meant a lot to me, even if he was terrified of doing it. I could say a lot more but it's unnecessary. The point is I fell deeply in love with someone I thought was incredible and, at the time, I'm pretty sure he loved me too. For whatever reason, he let me go. But. There will be someone who won't let me go. Someone who won't want to let me go. Someone who will love me and give me other sweet memories to remember and smile about. But the only way that's going to happen is if I move on to Stage 3: Let me guard down again. Ok... here goes... because it's worth it.