Six years ago...

Six years ago, I was visiting my grandma somewhat indefinitely longterm which turned out to be ten weeks. She was undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer, and I was staying at my dad's house nearby but coming over to her house daily for 6-10 hours per day to be with her, spend time with her, take care of her, etc. I was taking the semester off of college, and I was taking the time away from my ex as a sort of separation. I thought that it was just to give him time to think so that when I came back, we would be able to reconcile and work out our differences... but he was taking it differently. He was using the time to have his girlfriend come over to the house and spend the night all the time, and he was using the time to decide he didn't want to be with me any more.

At the time, that was devastating to me. Now, I'm glad it happened that way.