I was really, really into this book.
I've never really felt ok with the way I am. I am too emotional, too dramatic, take things too seriously, too erratic. I am organized and frustrated. I am silent and loud, colorful and pale.
This author was too.
And people have never understood why I've always been drawn to quiet, rock solid people.
I need a calm in my storm.
She kept referring to her husband as her metronome, and that thought resonated with me so completely - I was riveted.
Where he said "it's fine", she worried. Where she exploded, he remained calm. They each loved tirelessly, and passionately. They merely reacted to life situations in different ways.
I understood.
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