I'm sorry
Olivia
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from Ryan, with my whole heart
From my heart
From RyanI wrote this eleven times. The first ten were full of explanations. This one only has the truth: I was wrong, I hurt you, and I miss you. All I am asking for is a few pages of your time.
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I was wrong
no excuses. no "but."
The honest version
What happened
You told me it mattered, and I treated it like it was small. I raised my voice when I should have lowered my guard. And when you went quiet, I told myself you were overreacting, because that was easier than admitting I had let you down.You were not overreacting. You were hurt. And I was the reason.
Being right was never worth making you feel alone.
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I miss us
the walks, the pasta, the you
Things I'dnever trade
Your laughThe real one, the one that sneaks up on you. I want to earn it back every single day.
Your good morningsSleepy, crooked, always first. The quiet this week has been the loudest thing I have ever heard.
Your honestyYou tell me the truth even when it is hard to hear. You deserve the same from me.
Your hand in mineOn every walk, down every street, through every hard day. It fits. It always has.
still us
we're bigger than one bad night
What I promise
👂I will listen first. Before I defend, before I explain, before I decide what you meant.
🤍I will say sorry sooner. No more cold nights. No more waiting for you to go first.
🕊️I will fight fair. A lower voice, softer words, and always the two of us against the problem, never each other.
🌷I will show you, not just tell you. Words are only the start. Watch what I do next.
🏡I will choose us. On the easy days, and most of all on the hard ones.
signed, sealed and meant
Remember these?
this is who we are. that night was not.
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What I learned
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I would rather lose every argument than lose a single day with you.
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the whole lesson, in one line
One question
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forgive me?
yesyes, obviously
A letter for you
I'm so sorry,
Olivia
I do not want to be the guy who wins the argument. I want to be the guy you can come home to, even on the hard days. Especially on the hard days. I am sorry for the words, the tone, and the silence after. You deserve to feel safe with me when things get loud, and from now on, you will. Not because I wrote it in a magazine, but because you are the best thing in my life and I forgot to act like it. Come home to me. Dinner is on me. So are the dishes.
Ryan
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Left on the fridge
I'm sorry.
I love you.
Dinner at 8?
I'm making the pasta.
(the good one)
R.
always yours
p.s. the peonies are already in water
I'm sorry
Olivia
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and I love you, Ryan
The I'm Sorry magazine, made for Olivia
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