learning to live

People who lacked emotional engagement in childhood, men and women alike, often can’t believe that someone would want to have a relationship with them just because of who they are. They believe that if they want closeness, they must play a role that always puts the other person first.

There’s something about holding hands that makes it so beautiful. Like a silent communication with the one you like, love or really care about. When scared they hold on tighter to your hand. When they need to feel that you’re with them they hold your hand. Other times times you just have that urge to hold their hand and when you squeeze softly they squeeze back it makes you all warm inside. Then that moment where you just run your thumb across the back of their hand feeling the softness of their skin. And then when you have to let go they hold on tighter As if telling you to never leave their side. Holding hands so beautiful and sacred…

Richard Bach

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I’ve experienced lots of changes in 2018… some things have become part of the past, and new and better things are here now and for the future, but some things don’t change.