"On a scale from 1 to 10, how happy are you as a couple?"
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a movie that's spoken to me for a long time.
It was trying to tell me something about long term committed relationships.
I sat with it for years before I figured it out.
Even though it's from a cis white heteronormative framing, it's still about two people experiencing what I call The Relationship Journey.
Heal Within The Stone Hearth of Your Relationship for Fire and Light
Here is what I want for us. Are you with me?
None of Us Wants to Be Abandoned...and how I want us to love more and deeper
Gently Support One Another's Bodies and Sexuality with Loving Touch
When I felt the trauma of Trump begin to soften in my body, I couldn't ignore what came next
The rawness of my core wound comes around every year.
The most vulnerable thing I could ever do is ask if you'd spend my birthday with me.
Even as I write the words, tears flood my eyes and spill over.
A knot clenches in my gut, and my throat becomes so tight it's almost impossible for me to breathe.
I try to swallow it down, but the icy terror in my heart threatens to heave up and out of my body.