Gone
He leaves again and once again there is an emptiness that starts to rear its ugly head.. A hole in my heart that once again I’m not sure will be filled until he comes home safe again…
“When you lose someone, it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw.”
– House Rules by Jodi Picoult (via lostinthesounds)

