Text From an Ex

     When a relationship ends, it is best if both parties move forward. What if one party reaches out for contact...even when the other does not want to be bothered?

     One Sunday a few weeks ago, as I was getting ready for church, I received a text. I wasn't sure who it was from. The number was one that looked familiar, but I didn't recognize it. The text basically questioned why I hadn't wished the person happy birthday and that they guessed our relationship really was over. Suddenly, it hit me like a thunderbolt. It was my last ex-boyfriend, whose birthday was the night before. I was seething. We'd been broken up for five months at that point. How could he not understand that we were over? He had been so rude to me towards the end of the relationship that I was ready for it to be over, so for him to get selective amnesia because of his birthday seemed desperate and ridiculous. I chose to take the high road and text him back the following: "Don't ever text me again."

     Too often people dip back into their past thinking that they can change it in the present. It's a nice thought, but not realistic. When the past comes knocking, you don't have to answer. Go forward unafraid and be ready for all that life has to offer. You deserve that.