Our Decade of Love Ended in Snow
But that year, I sat holding my phone, watching the minutes tick away into the morning without a single word from her.
It wasn't until the next morning that she finally messaged me. "Happy birthday. Work was crazy yesterday. I completely lost track of time."
Swiping down, I found another photo.
Two silhouettes stretched long across the snow, bleeding into one another.
The caption read, "She told me that since I got here, the stars look beautiful to her again."
I remembered that day vividly, too. I had just operated on an HIV-positive patient, only to realize my surgical glove had torn.