photo by Jen Lemen, mondobeyondo.orgThis photo was taken last spring by Jen Lemen, who breaks the bad news with more tenderness and love than anyone I know.  Time and again she unravels me completely with hard truths, and then stays by my side while I slowly, sometimes tearfully, put the pieces back together in a way that is stronger. More true. 

Here are some early, improv-kind-of thoughts about hope and heartbreak, and the ways that I'm slowly learning to hold it all.