(Note from Mel – I am adding a new blogger to the mix. Mikey Kokoslover is a dear friend and talented artist, who writes on a broad range of topics. He wanted to write something from the heart, so…here he is.)
By Mikey Kokoslover
I met HER when I needed love. HER was unlike any other woman that I had met before (or since). We dated, we married, and had some beautiful years together.
Then life hit us hard…expectantly hard. It hit us in a way that breaks people. It broke us.
We loss the oneness of “us” and became more HER and me. More accurately, we became more HER versus me. No longer allies, we became advisories, and we developed that adversarial relationship to the fullest. It was ripe with resentment, and insurmountable emotional barriers. We argued viciously and constantly. We devolved into a downward spiral of distrust and disrespect that further devolved until we no longer understood, or liked one another. We sought comfort in others; a move that left us emotionally dying and exposed, pained and vulnerable. In the midst of that is when I found Her. (more…)