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the reason i haven't written anything in such a long time is because i've been in colorado. i flew out there last thursday and didn't have access to a computer.

colorado is stunningly beautiful. the rocky mountains lurch out of the plain and stand rigid, like a wall, to the west. the tips of the mountains were snow-capped even in late june.

i went out there to see the person who has changed my life more dramatically than anyone else has in the past two years. i went out to spend time with someone whose presence leaves me stunned, silent and smirking.

we walked through giant, tree covered mountains. we camped under a blanket of stars, more stars than i have ever seen. we winded down roads that curved through valleys and stopped to look at the beauty that surrounded us. i smiled, didn't know what to say and continued to smile.