It feels different today.

Sometimes, it takes being confronted with the prospect of living without someone before realizing just how much that person means to you. A person that you thought was always a part of your daily thoughts can turn into a memory within days.

Losing someone you truly loved is not about saying goodbye to just one thing but all the things you might lose along with the relationship: the conversations, the memories, the plans that you would make and the comfort of the other person's presence.

The hardest thing is accepting that loving someone does not necessarily mean that they will continue to be a part of your life. People change; circumstances change; and sometimes people simply reach a point where continuing to be together becomes impossible.

You may have a thousand questions spinning around in your mind, trying to figure out what happened, whether you could have done anything differently and whether you were not good enough.

But sometimes an end to a relationship cannot be explained.

Tonight, the pain is real, and it would be pointless to deny it.

However, just because something has been lost does not mean that the past was insignificant or that the lessons or the time that were spent together were wasted. It takes more than just one night to heal from a loss.

There could be some nights when everything is fine, and some reminders can bring the sadness back again. There is no need to worry about it. The process of healing is not about forgetting but about figuring out how to live with the memories and the memories alone without having them define one's life anymore.

Sometimes the person we loved becomes the part of the chapter that made us mature.

Maybe someday this day would not seem like the end of the world. Maybe someday it would be remembered as the day when one chapter was completed and another one was quietly started.

Today it is fine to feel sad.

The pain of a goodbye can be really hard when the person meant a lot to us.