"shh, that's it, it’s okay, I'm here." I say, surrounding you with my arms while you cry uncontrollably.

This is not the first time you have had these types of nightmares and wake up in the middle of the night screaming and crying. In fact it happens almost every night. I wish the reason was different...

We've been together for about six months or so. And from the beginning I knew that your previous relationship had left you touched. Your previous boyfriend died in a car accident when you were together. And it pains me to admit that you have never gotten over it. You are the most wonderful woman in the world and I wouldn't even like to lose you, but simply seeing how you suffer for him every night...

I don't like talking about it with you, you don't like talking about it either, I don't want you to know the way my heart hurts every time you cry because he's gone. In the back of my mind I think you'd rather him be here and not me. But you always tell me that you're okay and that we'll get through it, that you just need time. But how long are we talking about?