Sometimes, hidden in the most innocent touch can be found the most deeply heartfelt “I love you” that a person can offer.
Incurable romantics can find significance in a mote of dust, and for good reason — it’s that sense of wonder, wonderfully irrational, which allows one to find newfound reasons to remain in love.
So the [...]

The first people I learned to love were my family
As a child I was mesmerized by their personalities:  strong yet silly, independent yet communal, fierce yet protective.
As a teenager, I hoped to be my own person, and make my own indelible and unique mark on the world, and to achieve a sort of immortality in [...]