The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love - whether
we call it friendship or family or romance - is the work of
mirroring and magnifying each other's light.
Gentle work.
Steadfast work.
Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to beam it back. In our best moments,
we are that person.
James Baldwin
Elizabeth Oakley Weaver 