We Remember

I was just waking up when my phone lit up.  "I'm fine," read a text from my then-boyfriend.

I didn't really know what that meant and, still groggy, was satisfied to simply close my phone.  We had been dating (mostly long distance) for only a few months and I had gotten home the night before from a weekend with him.

It was the first time I went to visit him at his university and my parents made the drive with me.  My then-boyfriend and I spent a fantastic weekend together - he showed me around campus and we watched movies.  When it came time for me to leave, he asked me to stay one more day.  Of course, I couldn't.  I had classes Monday morning and my parents were my ride.  We were naive freshman, and it was April 15, 2007.