The battle has been long and hard fought. I have lived fearful that I would be seen as weak. I have struggled with my own pride and wrestled with an aching heart, but at last I have come to wonder why I even fought. Looking into eyes soft and welcoming, I realize that I could only fight in vain. Your passion is as over whelming as the fragrance of a field of Lilly's. Your depth of caring rivals the deepest ocean. In utter exhaustion from the emotional struggle, but at last in complete peace, I surrender to love and to a part of myself that I never knew that I was missing.