'My Wife Left Me and I'm Afraid to Love Again!'

Don't let fear tell you rigid stories about what's possible.

From the White Place (1940) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

When I was 25, I married my best friend. We met in college, and experienced some really intense things together. Upon reflection, I can see that she is an intense person who had some unaddressed trauma response behavior (as my therapist called it) that could be pointed at me in inappropriate ange…