A Love Letter To Hockey

It's Okay To Care

For the last couple of years I’ve been thinking a lot about love. Specifically, those big, messy feelings I have about the communities I belong to and the platonic love that shapes large parts of my life.  I thought about all the meaningful love in my life, and how fortunate I am to live with the bone-deep belief that my community will always be there for me. I felt some type of way when I realized that saying “I Love You” to my best friend feels just as important today as it did the first time, even after 20+ years of friendship. I thought about those fuzzy happy feelings and the butterflies I get in my stomach when I think “Oh, we’re friends now” and the nervous delight of hanging out together the first time. I felt honored upon realizing that there are people in this world who truly and profoundly trust me, and then spent a lot of time feeling nervous about how sacred and delicate it feels to be that person for them. It was when I realized that my desire for a better world is promp…