Age 20: I Chose Him Over My Own AdventureA youthful romance cost me the chance to discover myself.

One choice at twenty defined the next two decades of my life. I gave up a year abroad for a college boyfriend I would later marry and divorce. Now, I look back and question the path I took, wondering who I might have become if I had chosen a solo adventure instead of a shared future. It’s a story about the pivotal moments that shape us and the lingering what-ifs of roads not traveled.

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