Emily Dickinson once wrote in a letter to a friend that “the heart wants what it wants.” What a blessing and a bitter pill. I’m writing this unplanned post tonight in the hopes I can append it with a happy ending later. There will be no pretty, Pinterest-friendly image. I’m not thinking of titles and headings or tags and categories. Maybe I’ll add those things later, but not now. I may just delete the whole thing tomorrow. This post is one of those I've just got to get the thoughts out into the ether kind of posts. It's my heart, raw with the contradictions that often come with love: the joy it brings, the sadness it causes, the fear it brings to the pit of your stomach. That these Continue Reading