finding love at a festival, now states away

this weekend at waneefest, i undoubtedly met my soulmate.
the first night, a bunch of us were jamming around the campfire, and she came on over and started dancing. i was tripping really hard by nighttime, and was just soooo touched by her being there. I'm a pretty big hopeless romantic, and always get a little touched when i meet a golden hearted gal, and initially this was no different. when the jam settled down, i offered her my seat around the campfire, and sat next to her, and we spoke a little, reallllllly connected. she stayed a bit, then headed on off to find some music to dance to. i told her to come on back wheneverrrr. this was the first night.
the next day i met her again, and we got close. it just felt so damn perfect, unlike anything. we talked forever, and we share sooooo many of the same passions, insights, loves, worldviews, understandings. we just connected like i never connected with another person ever before. we spent the nights together, our bodies never not touching eachother. it was so fucking perfect. =( now she's in alabama and i'm in florida. we are both 18. i'm in college, and she's raising a child on her own. the child doesn't scare me too much. my heart is so confused right now =( i keep telling myself "it is better to loved and lost then to never have loved at all", but i truly want to stay close to her. we exchanged addressed, and i already sent her a letter. she is the girl of my dreams.
has anyone else experienced this? maybe not at a festival, but: finally finding their first true love, and it only being able to last a few days before parting.
i've thought about dropping school, but i think that might be foolish. maybe taking a year off? or spending a summer with her?
i have a bunch of thoughts that i might never find someone like her again =( any words? thank you all so much, i love you all. peace

 

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yeah so your situation pretty much sucks...
But I guess you already know that.

I would not do anything rash though....the spending the summer with her sounds like a good start. I think I can honestly say that I have been where you are.
I hope everything works out for you.

 

At least Florida and Alabama are right beside each other, it's not like you're too far away. I definitely wouldn't advise dropping school, just not a wise choice, but spending the summer with her, why not?

 

What part of Florida and what part of Alabama?I'd say visit on breaks and summer vacation...don't ditch school