Feel the feelings!

Synopsis

Sam lives by the mantra that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.  

After the tragic loss of her husband, Sam built a new life around friends, her cat Coco and a career she loves. Fending off frequent set-ups and well-meaning advice to ‘move on’, Sam is resolutely happy being single.

But when Sam gets seconded to her firm’s Boston office for the summer, it is more than her career that is in for a shake-up. A spur of the moment decision to visit the idyllic beaches of Cape Cod could end up changing her life forever.

My review

My my my, so many feelings that I even can’t express what I feel…

Sam lost the love of her life and still after all these years, she finds it hard to move on without her Kev.

She has her friends, but does not date, does not go out, she just ‘is’.

When for her work she has to move to Boston for 3 months, she accepts this new adventure.

And here she get to know new people, befriends them and slowly she opens up again.

Meeting with Ethan even gives hope for a new step in her life. Or not?

While I was reading, I understood where Sam is coming from. She HAD the love of her life and she lost him. So why would she settle for less, when she knows that what she felt for Kev is something she will never feel again?

But is it right to continue living in the past? Not thinking about what the future can bring?

So yes, I understand Sam, but I also wanted her to just go for it. It’s right to mourn over someone who we loved, and the pain of that loss will never disappear, but we all have to find a place in ourselves where that pain can stay but without taking over our whole life.

After a while it’s ok to be happy again and think with happiness about that person without feeling guilty.