1998
“It’s been three and a half years,” I say to Adam, who is visiting me at my uncle’s castle in Scotland during his fall break from Ohio State. Visits with Adam have been a big part of what keeps me going when my heart desperately needs Jaylie back. “I keep telling myself that I am one day closer, one week closer, one month...but there are days that I feel full of despair. Class is easy enough, it’s life that is hard. I have to wake up and force myself to push through, go to class, be the best me, and improve myself for her, but it is so much harder than I thought it would be. Ugh! I just want to hold her!”
Now that I have turned 21 and have actually met my mate, the pull of the mate bond is intense. For those who hadn’t met their mate before their birthday, there is no connection th
