Love Letters

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    Today I went through a bunch of old paperwork in the attic and put everything that belonged to Ex-man in a box – tax info, instruction manuals, photos, etc. Then I stumbled across two heart-shaped boxes of love letters, mine and his and stopped for a moment to consider what should be done with them.  I put all my letters to him in his bin - he should decide what he wants to do with them.  The letters he wrote to me, I put on the fireplace grate and burnt them. 
    It might seem like a drastic and melodramatic move, but I wasn’t upset or angry about it.  I was clear.  Clear that I wanted to let go of my past connection with Ex-man, clear that I wanted to sever clingy emotional ties, clear that it was my next step in the process of letting go.
    Okay, there was a bit of sadness when I saw them go up in flames.  Our relationship had started with so much love and such good intentions and somewhere along the way it got severely off track.  Now the only love letters that remain are our children.

Are there letters that you're holding onto from your past relationship that you could release?  The space this action creates can also be liberating.