I used to be best friends with a guy named Scott and we did everything together. When I became a mom for the first time and felt completely alone, he was there for me like no one else and I am so thankful that I had him at such a tough time in my life. He was also really good to my little boy.

Around that time, he divulged the fact that he had very strong feelings for me and wanted to take our relationship up a notch. He had just moved to Winnipeg to work in translation service for Canada’s Foreign Affairs. I left my son with his dad overnight and flew to Winnipeg to see Scott and see what could develop.

Though I did care for him deeply, I came to the realization that he was going to be moving a lot, including overseas, and that I could not ever be anything more than a friend to him, as that would mean taking my son away from his dad, which was something I had promised myself I would never do. When I said goodbye to him at the airport, it was the last time I ever saw him, as he moved to Egypt shortly after. I still think about him all the time and miss him terribly.