Love Without Reservations
Nobody told me it would feel this quiet. That is the thing nobody prepares you for. You spend years bracing for love. Gripping it tight so it does not leave. Monitoring it constantly for signs that something is about to go wrong. Reading between every line of every text message like there is a secret…
You make dinner, remember the small things, say the kind words. And your partner shrugs, changes the subject, or gets strangely cold. If you are wondering how to love someone who doesn’t know how to receive love, you are not doing it wrong, and you are not alone. Here is the short version. People who…
Finding someone you truly love changes everything. Suddenly, you love someone deeply, but you also cannot find a single second of actual peace. You might notice your spouse staring off into space or shutting down, and you just know something is wrong. You ask what is up. They say, “Nothing.” But it is never nothing. The…
My husband David is not a talker. I knew this about him when I married him. I told myself I was okay with it. I am a words person. I write for a living. I say I love you the way some people breathe, automatically, constantly, without thinking. And David, bless him, will look at…