The Many Lives of Mama Love

charm husband who shows me every day just how magical and exhilarating steady love and support can be. You make me feel safe. You make me feel loved. You adore me at my quirkiest, and support every single crazy idea I’ve ever had. You have no idea what a gift you are just by being next to me.

I see the past year in a flash, and I realize that every single choice has led to this moment. I can’t pretend I didn’t know it was coming.

versions of me I have been, and all the many lives I have lived.

This innocent man who spent thirty years on death row teaches me as much about forgiveness as Archbishop Tutu. They both suffered and they both let it ennoble them rather than embitter them.

“Sometimes a part of our soul fractures off. It can happen in early childhood or during trauma. I can go in and retrieve it.”

Because how we take care of broken people matters. Fundamentally, I believe, it determines our own humanity.

Tolle says that pain only feeds on pain, not joy, so I try to find joyful moments, things to be grateful for right now.

I had doubts even before we got married, but it seemed easier to say yes than to break up.

“I walk every day simply because I can,” he says.