Long-Term Love

Long-Term Love

“How do we know when it is going to work?” she asked, the healing-hearted woman in a hurting couple. “You don’t,” I said truthfully and painfully, so wishing I had a different answer. A better answer. A reassuring answer. Because, it’s a daily decision to invest in a...
Love is Permission

Love is Permission

It’s been a hard time in America. I wish I could say surreal, but sadly, we are adapting to a new normal. Threats, bombs, killings, hate. And, there is no sign that it will stop anytime soon. We gasp. We send our thoughts and prayers – whatever that means. Yet,...

Drop-Off Magic

“I will pick you up in a few minutes,” my mother yelled as I opened up the gate and skipped up the cracked sidewalk. I barely heard her words, much less cared. I was focused on the steps ahead that led to the door. The door that led to the house of love. I couldn’t...

The Optional Component

It was as if his eyes told the whole story. They seemed hollow, lifeless. He looked past you. Over you. Around you. Any place but at you, as if intentionally avoiding all human contact. Despite his uninviting manner, I attempted to reach him on more than one occasion....

More Than Love

I heard something recently that was just too good not to share with you: Love me enough to have more than loving feelings toward me. Love me enough to feel safe enough with me and in our relationship to not hold back.  Love me enough to tell me exactly what you are...