Did I Miss You By Estelle Maskame

Love can be a bumpy road and sometimes there might be some major issues, but if you try hard enough and have hope things will work out. Just like they worked out in Did I Mention I Miss You, by Estelle Maskame. It is the third and final book to a trilogy about love, forgiveness, and family. In the beginning of Did I Mention I Miss You, Eden, the main character, is very angry at Tyler since he left her a year ago with no explanation. Things finally started to work out with them and he just left her with no reason as to why. Now that he is back without any warning, she is indignant. The first few months after he left, she tried calling multiple times, but never got an answer. After a while she just stopped caring and tried to move on. Now that Tyler is back all he wants to do is be with Eden, but what he doesn’t know is how angry she is at him. She has to deal with all the dirty looks and stares from people who …show more content…
On page 335 of Did I Mention I Miss You it says, “We have grown and we have learned, but most importantly, we have finally accepted ourselves. Finally, I think. Just finally.” This expresses that love is worth fighting for because if they didn’t fight for their love they wouldn’t be where they are now. They are finally happy and it is all because they fought to be together. Even through all the hatred, non acceptance and judgement they fought hard for their love and it was all worth it. Another part of the book where this theme is shown is on pages 284 through 288 when Eden tells Tyler that she doesn't want to go back to Chicago. She wants to transfer schools and stay with Tyler in Portland. This shows that love is worth fighting for because if they hadn’t then Eden wouldn’t be able to make this decision. Instead she would be miserable living in Chicago still wondering where Tyler is and why he