All those times I tried my hardest to work up even a syllable in your direction were consigned to oblivion, and piece by piece, word by word, I began creating sentences. Sentences you replied to. Sentences you raised your eyebrows at. Sentences that made you smile and nod and scrunch your nose up. But by far my favorite, sentences that made you laugh.
You had such a wonderful laugh. A laugh I knew you hated, but I could have recorded and played over and over again. I loved that laugh.
(Almost as much as I loved you.)
