{"id":5788,"date":"2025-07-27T19:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2025-07-27T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:28:57","slug":"he-came-back-during-my-game-but-he-had-no-idea-what-id-done-while-he-was-away-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=5788","title":{"rendered":"He Came Back During My Game \u2014 But He Had No Idea What I\u2019d Done While He Was Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"176\">The moment I saw Noah in uniform, I ran into his arms. Ten months apart melted away\u2014but guilt didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"271\">While he was gone, I got close to someone else. Micah. It started as comfort. It became more.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"373\">Noah didn\u2019t know. He believed I waited. And when he pulled out a ring after the game, my heart sank.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"420\">I couldn\u2019t say yes\u2014not with a lie between us.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"500\">Later, at the lake, I told him the truth. He was quiet. Hurt. But he listened.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"525\">\u201cI need time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"597\">Micah reappeared days later. We talked. No expectations. Just honesty.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"632\">Eventually, Noah and I met again.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"689\">\u201cWe were good,\u201d he said. \u201cBut maybe we\u2019ve grown apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"727\">We let go\u2014with love, not bitterness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"813\">Now, Micah and I take quiet walks. No labels. Just something real, unfolding slowly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"922\">Love isn\u2019t always forever. Sometimes, it\u2019s a season. And some seasons feel like spring after a long winter.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"965\">The bravest thing I did? Admit I changed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"978\">And let go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The moment I saw Noah in uniform, I ran into his arms. Ten months apart melted away\u2014but guilt didn\u2019t. While he was gone, I got close to someone else. Micah. It started as comfort. It became more. Noah didn\u2019t know. He believed I waited. And when he pulled out a ring after the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5790,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5788\/revisions\/5790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}