Has anyone else had experiences where someone enters your life, makes an impact of some sort, unintentional or not, and then vanishes from your life forever? Maybe they just said something to you, maybe you had a brief friendship, or maybe you just watched them on the train, but somehow, your interaction with them changed you a little bit, whether good or bad.

I'll give my situation as the example:

A few months ago I broke up with someone I was in a relationship with for years and whom I truly loved. It was a bad situation and it left me feeling absolutely terrible and hopeless and broken. I had no drive to do anything and no hope for the future. I recently started working at a place I had worked at a few years ago, and there, I met a girl that I quickly developed a crush on. She had a boyfriend though, and I had no delusions of ever being with her, as I think even if it somehow did happen, I don't think we would have been very compatible anyway. She found out I had a crush on her and was totally cool about it. She gave me special attention without teasing me and she made me feel good. She made me feel special. She gave me hope.

Just today, I found out she quit. I'll most likely never see her again. It shouldn't be a big deal, really, because, as I said, I had no intentions of ever being in a relationship with her and I don't think it would have worked out even if we did have one. I can't entirely explain why, but she had a huge impact on me. She came along at the exact right time and gave me exactly what I needed. Even though I knew her for about two weeks, and only really talked to her for two or three days, I can't help but feel like I'll never forget her. I'm really sad to have lost her, and I really wish she could have stayed in my life a little longer, but I know I'll be a stronger person for having known her. She taught me to keep my head up.


Anyone else have a story to share?

Happened to me during middle school. Had some dark times that I'd rather not go into detail on. There was this girl that was nice to me for no reason, kept me from doing something really bad. I moved and that was the end of it. Haven't thought of this in a while.

My 7th grade teacher.

He was British and is still my favorite teacher throughout my entire (and ongoing) education. During HR, he would let us watch the Simpsons and have fun in every activity we did. He actually made education fun and was a huge inspiration to me. I never saw him after 7th grade and have no clue what he's doing now. :confused: