When my daughter and my stepdaughters were feeling unhappy, we used to pretend to unlock something in their heart and then pour golden liquid into them, and it always warmed them. For me, that’s what love feels like – a warm feeling inside.
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Like someone is hitting your heart with a cricket bat.
Your heart walking around outside your body.
Connection, warmth, somebody you can trust and, quite happily, say nothing to.
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