David and Jonathan
For several weeks now, maybe even a months, something has been bothering me. I'll admit that I've been in a darker place emotionally, struggling, feeling weighed down and confused because of it. It was not something I had even been able to formulate into words, like a shadow of a thought. Visible yet without substance of its own. And dark. Wrylon and I attended a wedding celebration a few weeks ago of a friend. Our friend had married her partner in New York and was having the celebration here where home is for them. Wrylon asked if it would be difficult for me going and seeing them together. I assured her I would be fine. But it did bother me. Not because of them, but because of my reaction. Looking into my friend's eyes, seeing her happiness in finding someone she wants to spend her life with, threw me off guard at how happy I was for her. She seemed to me to have it all, everything that you could hope for in this would. ...