Currently in the little cemetary in Noah's mind collecting all the dead parts of my life, the tombstone for US (laura and i, the couple not the individuals) reads "they were the product of crafts that have, unfortunately, gone out of style, like long dresses, love letters, and the waltz." (A quote from Like Water for Chocolate, a book Laura was reading when we stopped speaking and the full content of an email she sent me immediately afterwards, no apology, no hope we talk again, just that quote.)

Anyway, I bring this up because today I suddenly realized what in the fictionalized version of my life I would want it to read some day 20 years from now (given fictional events which will never happen): "[I] came here twice, once was too early, once was too late."