Noah Ryan was my whole life. From start to end, it was always him.
 He taught me pain, patience, forgiveness, and the impact of the footprints I will leave in the sands of time. But most of all, he taught me what it meant to truly give my heart to another. It was short-lived and intense—a soul-shattering type of love—but it was mine, and I clung to it right until the end.
 Noah Ryan was my salvation.
 And I . . . I was his first great love.