Jessie Smith

True Love Swallows

“I Love You”. What a simple yet complicated statement. The things we do for love often astonish even ourselves. We all have countless formulas for how we express and understood it. The love I have for my children is unconditional and makes me a better person. The simplicity of the love I have for my family reminds me of my need for security. I love my friends in a way that reinforces my desire for inclusion. However, the love I have for my husband is so pervasive it transcends all configurations of love in existence. I am often confused at the way I love this man to such an extent, who at the same time irritates the living hell out of me. He is loud, obnoxious, rude, inappropriate, thoughtful, sincere, and sexy all balled up into a 5’5” blob of misguided testosterone that fires at will into the abyss of my unstable grasp on reality.