Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Being apart makes you feel how much someone matters, and the missing is a kind of proof. But feeling is not the same as building. What actually holds two people together is the ordinary accumulation of hours in the same room, the small repairs, the shared weather. Longing tells you the love is there. Company is what gives it something to stand on.

If someone has been at a distance, notice what the distance has taught you, then do something with it in person this week. Make the call, take the trip, sit down for the long dinner.