Distance

No matter how old you are, we have all, at one time or another, experienced distance. Not the space that separates two objects or two places, but the pysical (and sometimes emotional) distance between you and someone else. Once we finish high school, we all have friends that stay when we leave, or friends that leave when we stay. There is always that family member who moves away, or the ones we only get to see on holidays. And then you might just be (un?)lucky enough to meet and fall in love with someone who lives on the other side of the world. Or maybe just in another city, and still you only get to see them once every few weeks or even months.

Family is family, and distance can't really change that. Honestly, how many of us have family members living in the same city as us, and still only see them at Christmas or birthdays? And what about that cousin that lives far away, and still is the one person with whom you have that private joke with, or with whom you shared that really special moment?

And friends, when true ones, remain friends no matter how many years they live apart. Yes, it sounds cliché, but we all have that group of friends that have gone through pretty much everything with us, who we've been away from for a while, maybe even drifted apart a little, and still they are the first people we think of when we need a friendly hug/ have good news/ just need to talk.

What about that person you love and can't see everyday? How far is too far? How long is too long? Does it make a difference whether you've known them for years or have just met? Do long distance relationships ever work? Maybe there is not one answear to that question. Maybe, as with everything else in life, the trick is to know what you want, and know what you are willing to do to get it. Nothing in life comes easy, be it the perfect job or that little house by the beach.

So why should love?