Lucky

I have been amazingly fortunate enough to experience many different kinds of love in my life.

* The safe and protective love of my parents
* The "ohmygod I'm totally in love" of a 16 year old. I was a sophomore, he was a senior...it was all very big and very serious to my 16 year old self.
* The young adult love in my early 20's that was so adult and so young in so many ways.
* The wonderful love of friendship.
* The all-consuming, passionate, calming, life-changing love that came into my life with Dan.

But all of those things really couldn't prepare me for how heart-bursting hearing this would be:

"I love you mama"

I am very lucky.