The connections that change us.
Love can be beautiful, complicated, unexpected, healing, painful, and transformative. It can make us feel seen in ways we never thought possible, and it can teach us difficult lessons about ourselves and other people.
This chapter is about relationships and connection: the people who have mattered, the moments that have stayed with me, the happiness, the heartbreak, and the lessons that came from loving and being loved.
It is not a search for a perfect love story. Life rarely works that way.
It is a collection of experiences that have helped shape how I understand intimacy, trust, companionship, acceptance, and what it means to truly be seen.