This is why you're my favorite new writer I got introduced to in all of 2021, Arwyn. :) It's hard to find words right now, but I will say I'm breathtaken by every metaphor in the quotes you collected! How the feeling of having been buried gets reframed as being planted. Rome was built on ruins. A star comes from the collapse of a nebula. And the dragon.

Also, I want to cry so hard that you met your husband at nearly 7 months pregnant and your daughter has had a father. *_* Now I really want to read that 35-minute story you previously wrote, as well as your story for another day about the recovery post-heartbreak.

Even more, I want to read about your relationship with your husband! :) :) :)

Thank you for being special to me because of everything you share.