Michael, I feel dumb on such a regular basis that it’s ridiculous. What you wrote here is such a huge compliment that I am blown away. Thank you so much. :)

All I can offer about writing this is that it takes love* and an unwavering commitment to refuse writing even a word that does not sound genuine to you.

* Love is like a light turning on in a room. This is where the details come in. Focus on someone or something (a someone in my case) until you can feel it nearly overwhelm you… and write as if those words are a song to your subject. :)