In addition to the overwhelming amount of love and kind words I've received from friends the last few days, some of the advice I've been given has been downright beautiful. Your eloquence has left me speechless; hope you guys don't mind me sharing a few..

"It takes listening, either with the body or the heart, to maintain balance. If he didn't listen then there is not much you can do to keep the balance... Dance and dating have a lot in common. They require a lot of communication. More importantly, they are both undertaken by individuals who are striving to reach a goal neither can reach independently. Both work when the goals are shared and are laid out in the open. And the results for both can be beautiful expressions that are unparalleled by anything..."
- Thank you, Carlos.. it seems like every time we go to dance class, we learn something new about relationships and life. We'll be experts by the end of the semester, amirite?

"Don't believe what I say, believe in what I do, what I have done, and what I will do."
- Thanks Jayson, if only more people lived by those rules.

"None of us have control over the hand we're dealt. We only control how we play the cards."
- As always, Lance, you seem to know exactly what to say..