Wowzers, JD. Lines like these, I could have excerpted 50. They blow me away and I feel the joy, or pain, or ambivalence , or dread.
You master of words and emotions.
I am the eternal Pollyanna holding my breath for a happy ending when the build up is nothing but.
But then, one day, the stars align at the hoped for arrives. The caution: no ride is always, 100% easy, Polly, so stay real and suck up the happiness!