“The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.”

Lionel

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Another year flew by, making it three years since I last saw my fiancée. I assumed I would have found her by now and didn’t expect to be seated with my face in my hands yet again, on another grim anniversary. I wanted it to be different, to spend the day that left me bitter with her and change the augury surrounding it.

Losing Joanna hit me hard. She vanished off the face of the earth two days prior to our wedding and I couldn’t understand how a happy ever after could...