I <3 New York.

Karen Abad IM'd me, tonight. It was just like old times. She apologized for withdrawing this last summer, just when we were getting so close.
I told her she needn't.
She continued.
She wanted to let me know that no one had been close to her between me and her current beau, and that she's known him for six years. She admitted it has been very hard to let people in, and that when she and I met in New York, she doesn't know why she reacted the way she did.
I don't know. I had no hard feelings. We still had handholding and Rushmore. We'll always have NYC.
And it was worth it.
But I appreciated what she said none the less. How she told me, tonight, that she's learned so much from my huge heart. How no one should ever tell me that I am nothing short of great.
I'm allowing my pride to swell a bit, but it meant a lot to me. I had learned much from Karen, too, and having someone I see a life-teacher giving me a compliment like that is wonderful.