Day 1: Raise a Glass

January 1, 2011

Dear You,

It is cold outside and it's the start of the New Year. Somehow I have mixed emotions. I wonder why you haven't said Happy New Year to me or if you should. I still wonder if after all that we've been through 2010 if I'm still special to you.

I realized in 2010 that if I was going to get over you, I would have to do it now but gradually. I cannot just forget that smiles we've shared, the stories you told me or the simple gestures you've done. This will be very hard but I am determined to write you a letter every single day to remind myself that I may as well have to get over you because this isn't good for me. I will try to save myself, a fish so that I may be able to meet other fish and avoid your hook and line from reeling me in yet again. I am tired and frankly, I don't want to give a damn about you anymore.

So I raise a glass to this project and to you, a person who I will never forget but will move on from. I love you and I'm sorry.

Janine