I AM NOT LEAVING YOU - by Stone

MY HEART, I read your letter three times.The first time, I cried.The second time, I became angry.And the third time, I finally understood why you wrote it.But now I need you to understand something too. I am not leaving you.You keep talking about what you can no longer give me, but you have forgotten everything you have already given me. You gave me your heart.You gave me memories I will carry forever.You gave me a love that stayed with me through ordinary days and difficult ones. Do you really think one injured leg can erase all of that?You said the bullet changed your life.Maybe it did. But it didn't change the man I fell in love with.I don't love you because of the way you walk.I don't love you because of what you can buy me. I don't love you because you can promise me an easy future.I love you because you are you.If tomorrow means learning how to do things differently, then we'll learn together.If recovery takes months, I'll wait. If it takes years, I'll still be here.And if there are days when you become tired, angry, afraid, or frustrated, I won't expect you to pretend everything is okay.Cry if you need to. Be angry if you need to.Tell me when you're afraid.But please don't decide my future for me. You said I deserve someone who can give me happiness.My love, you don't get to decide what makes me happy.You are part of my happiness. I know there will be difficult days ahead. I know love doesn't magically remove pain. I know there may be hospital visits, therapy, sleepless nights, financial worries, and moments when both of us will wonder how we're going to make it. But isn't that what love is?Not pretending that life will always be easy.It's looking at the difficult road and saying, "We'll walk it together." You told me to find someone else.I can't.Not because there aren't other people in this world. But because my heart already chose you.And I refuse to abandon you simply because life became difficult. You once promised me that you would stand beside me through good times and bad.Now it's my turn to keep that promise.So don't tell me to go. Don't push me away because you're afraid of becoming a burden.You are not a burden.You are the man I love. And if you have to learn how to walk again, I'll be there.If you have to learn how to dream again, I'll dream with you. If you have to start your life again from the beginning, then we'll start together.And if there comes a day when you feel like giving up, I'll remind you of the man you were before the bullet and the man you can still become after it. You said only death should separate us.I agree.Until that day comes, I'm choosing you.Not because I pity you. Not because I feel obligated.Because I love you.So please, my love, stop saying goodbye.Come home to me. We still have a life to build.And I intend to be there for every chapter. LoveIsabelle

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