Why can't Urban Dictionary give me this kind of stuff?

What does it mean to miss someone?

A very profound friend of mine gave me a new definition that I've decided to adopt.

To miss someone means to love them so much and long to be around them despite the fact that you can't be with them right at that moment. And though you may miss them, they are always with you because you carry them in the love that is in your heart.

This was her explanation to her four year old nephew, but I don't think I could have had that word explained to me any better right now. I use the word miss frivolously. I miss my dog. I miss my brass bed. I miss my car and the little bows tied to the seats. I miss someone doing my laundry for me. I miss my clothes that I can't fit into my itty bitty NYC closet. But the epiphany that my friend has caused in me has pushed me to really think about what I miss. I miss my family, and the ridiculousness that is my little sister. I miss my friends from Miami and how they provided me my first home away from my family. I miss my best friend and the pillow talk (occasionally "deep" drunk conversations or shared stories over french toast) that would keep me pushing on week by week.

Oh the feeling of loving something and someone so much that they are worthy of being missed.

xoxo,

E