With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over agai... - Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

"With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him? Will he still know me?"

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