People often say that time heals everything, that eventually we learn to let go of the people we love but cannot have. But I wonder if moving on is really that simple. Sometimes, it's not just a person we're struggling to forget, but the memories, the hopes, and the future we once imagined with them. Even when we know our feelings will never be returned, a small part of us may continue to hold on. For me, that journey began in ninth grade. I confessed my feelings to a girl I
