My daughter asked about her old babysitter recently.

"Will I ever see her again?"

I paused, not knowing what to say.

Life as a Book

Some people only appear in certain chapters of our life.

The college student who watched our kids.

The coworker we once spent every day with.

The friend who moved away.

The mentor who changed everything.

The neighbor who felt like family.

The Choice

We can be sad they're not in this chapter.

Or grateful they were in the last one.

The Trap

It's easy to live in old chapters.

Re-reading the same pages.

Missing the ones we're in now.

The Truth About Time

There's a reason the windshield is big

And the rearview mirror is small.

One shows where you're going.

One shows where you've been.

Your Move

Your past chapters made you.

But they're not where you live.

Today's page is blank.

-Antonio