Wrangler Dani

Sometimes, you can feel very alone in the world. Sometimes it feels like everyone else is dealing with challenges with suave and pizazz, and you’re cringing along, sobbing at commercials and wondering why you can’t just power through life. Sometimes you worry and fret – you feel grossly untalented and uninteresting, and you doubt your ability to make a friend, keep a friend, be a friend. Sometimes, even the thing you’ve done your entire life, the hobby/profession that you thought you were meant to do, feels honestly kind of dumb. Sometimes, you realize that marriage doesn’t fix you, that moving doesn’t fix you, that ambition and success could never do what you thought they would.

And then sometimes, you wake up on a sunny morning next to your best friend, the love of your life. The one person who you can be a mess with and still loves you. The one person who understands every inch of you, who loves the same things you love, who lets you cry if you need to and makes you laugh when you feel like laughter is far away. Sometimes, when life is confusing or strange, his presence is enough to center your heart, to point you at eternal things, to steady you in the storm or laugh with you when the storm is of your own making. Sometimes, you wake up laughing, just because you can’t believe how blessed you are to love and be loved this way. Sometimes, the days are long and your heart is full and all you can do is whisper, “I love you”.