Leaving by Roxana Robinson
Sarah shattered Warren's heart when she broke up with him in college. The two went on to start families with others, but when they meet again forty years later in New York, they find their love is still there. Things are more complicated now, however, as the feelings of grown children take priority over their parents' happiness. Robinson's poignant story delves into aging, parenting, and the apparent diminishing of one's relevance with age, even as the ability to love and find joy remains intact.