Alex reached out to me via text for the first time. I felt my heart stop, then beat fast and hard against my chest. The text was a picture of me standing about twenty feet away. I turned around, thinking I was losing my mind, but there he stood smiling the way I had loved for years. I ran into his arms, ignoring the fact I was at work. He wrapped me in a hug that said more than words ever could. Once we pulled apart, I tu...