Day 2: Only the strong survive

Today was an interesting day, filled with a lot of different emotions. After waking up, and fulfilling the normal routine of eating, washing the dishes, walking the dogs, etc..I found out something that made me feel extremely hurt and disappointed. Here's a little background story so everyone understands why I was feeling how I felt. Recently, my ex-boyfriend (JD) was away at Basic Training in the Army. After writing him one letter a day, sending tons of packages, and even picking him up from the airport on his holiday break, he decided that he did not want to be together anymore. That happened two days after he was home, and we spent every second together up until that point. I did not see it coming, at all..probably because he was talking about proposing to me for Christmas! But that is besides the point. At first, I was really, really upset..and now, about 2.5 weeks later..I'm starting to get through the day without crying. So he really screwed up, and my parents were very disappointed in him, and extremely upset with how someone could treat someone like that (I spared out the details of the breakup because I didn't want to embarrass him too much, lol!). My dad even sent him a very nice text message, asking him to stay away from me and to not contact me at all. So JD did, for the entire two weeks he was home. However, as JD was heading on the bus back to his training..he decided to send me a text. The conversation got absolutely nowhere, and I didn't talk to him for an entire week (the next time they were allowed to have their phones back). So I received a text message that said: "Thank you for sending the letter I wrote you back to me." I had no clue what JD was talking about, because I never received a letter from him. Which brings me back to my point..the moment of complete betrayal. I assumed my dad/mom sent the letter back to him, without telling me I received one from him. I was so upset and angry at them, that I didn't even look at them at dinner tonight. I finally asked them about it, and they told me there was no letter in the mail..they even swore on their lives. I believed them, and was so happy that all of the betrayal I was feeling was no longer there anymore.

In that moment, I decided a few things..
1) I should feel the most betrayed by JD..not my parents
2) There is nothing he can say that would ever allow me to forgive him/take him back
3) I need to move on with my life, without him in it.

I found this quote that summarizes my heart in its entirety:
"Watching you walk out of my life, does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather, it makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person..how beautiful it will be when the right one comes along." --Anonymous