“Even now, we laugh about it. That I have to work to remind myself that I know he loves me. It’s no shortcoming of his whatsoever. When I sit back and let myself be objective about my relationship with Michael, I know that the things about me that he loves are the same things that I fear are the nuggets of destruction. But there have been times where I have not fully allowed myself to experience everything with Michael because I just . . . it’s a pinch-yourself moment. It’s like, ‘This can’t be real.’ He would say, ‘I love you,’ and I would say, ‘I know.’ And then I would try to make myself
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