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Long Distance Chronicles: Birthday Blues and Blessings
I have been in a long distance relationship with my girlfriend Nicole since June of 2019 after I graduated from my master’s program at San Francisco State University and she graduated from the University of California, Davis (the school where we met and I graduated from in 2017) and after months of long periods of texting, calling, and messaging separated by our visits to see each other once a month, I felt like sharing our latest story in this commitment we have to each other. Whether you are or aren’t in a relationship and whether you live with your partner or are also going through long distance, I hope that this and future articles can either inspire you or encourage you to evaluate your relationship and how you overcome adversity.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
I send Nicole a text around 8 am to wish her a happy birthday, which she responds to with concern that she thought I would forget her birthday. Usually I text her right before my shift at work starts at 7 am but I arrived just in time to clock in and then I got some work done first. Nicole doesn’t start work until 9 am so she usually anticipates hearing from me as she is getting ready. Though it didn’t seem like a big deal for me at first, I realized that when things get thrown off their rhythm in long distance relationships, they actually are a big deal. We…
