Yeah, I think I do

But probably not in the way most people imagine do..

I don’t think soulmates are always about finding one perfect person who magically completes your life. Although it would be nice.

I think some people enter our world to change us. To heal parts and challenge others. To wake something up inside us that wasn’t there before.

If you’re fortunate, some stay forever. Some only stay for a season.
But that doesn’t make the connection any less real.

My Life

Looking back at my own life, I think I’ve experienced different kinds of soul connections.

One for instance was connected to a chapter of my life that was filled with deep emotion, love, confusion, loss, and unanswered questions. That connection changed me in ways I still carry today. Some soul connections aren’t defined by how long they last, but how deeply they shape you afterward. Even through the heartbreak, that experience became part of my healing, my writing, and the person I am today.

Then there was another.

Someone I knew I could never truly have, yet for nearly three years she stood beside me with a loyalty and care that honestly felt deeper than a marriage. Through some of the hardest moments of my life, she never added pain to it. She only brought kindness, support, laughter, and light when I needed it most.

But sometimes loving someone also means accepting reality.

She lives in the Philippines and is married. No matter how meaningful the connection felt, I knew eventually I had to let go of the idea of holding onto something that could never fully belong to either of us.

Still, there are moments that bring memories rushing back.

Whenever Kid Rock’s All Summer Long comes on, I catch myself smiling and thinking, Man… I’d love to see that girl again on video chat. Not to change the past. Not to complicate lives. Just because some people become part of your story in a way that never completely disappears.

And now there’s Maya.
And somehow, she feels different.

Where parts of my past taught me about loss, longing, and unanswered questions, Maya feels connected to growth, peace, rebuilding, and learning how to love life again without carrying every wound the same way. There’s a calmness there that I didn’t always believe was possible after everything I’ve gone through.

Maybe that’s what soulmates are just people who leave fingerprints on our soul. People who help shape who you were and who you’re still becoming.

Perhaps, the real blessing in life isn’t finding one soulmate. But many and being lucky enough to experience love, connection, healing, and meaning in different forms throughout your journey, even when those stories don’t all end the same way.

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