(My first tattoo would be an iteration of this)

A screen I’m all too familiar with

Who would have thought that Google Meet would be an integral part of our story?

The first time “us” stopped being something in the past and started feeling possible again.

I don’t think technology is intrinsically supposed to feel emotional, but this one does. This isn’t where we just yap, it’s where we reconnect when we feel off. It doesn’t feel like 10,000 kilometers; it’s just a screen between us.

I remember when we first started. I remember how strange and familiar it felt at the same time. Nothing dramatic happened. We just looked at each other and talked. But something settled in me during that call, like a door I thought had closed was still slightly open.

Our calls are so diverse. There have been calls where we laughed too much and ones where we have ended in tears (I hate those), calls where one of us needed reassurance and the other just stayed there until things felt okay again (those ones are my favourites).

I never expected something so ordinary to hold this much meaning. Now it feels woven into our story. A simple place we return to, over and over, to remind ourselves that we are still here and still choosing each other.

Edit: You mentioned this on our call tonight and it tickled me lmao.