I see so much ache for conscious romantic partnership, and how easily bitterness or settling can begin to take the place of continuing to dream. Being willing to wait. Being willing to keep your heart open. Being willing to say “no” when necessary, or “yes” when the heart truly calls for it. Soothing the parts of you who are recovering from love lost or, to their notion of it, never truly found. In my mate ache of the past, before Gabriel and I came back together, there we