Yo Maxine, in my early 20s I fell deeply in love with a young lady. Managed to get engaged,move to Calgary but it came apart and she moved away. Like you I managed to achieve a good life but I still have very strong memories of her even 45 years later. Currently in Art school doing classical portraiture and pulled several pictures of her as a subject to paint. Well it's taken four tries so far to try and capture her elfin aura.
Someone raised this bond of souls question and John wrote he's working on a book that discusses this. So I'm looking forward to reading this and coming to some sort of peace/acceptance we might meet again.
Longsword