Melissa is an artist, storyteller, and truth-teller. She believes in a love that is simple, and real, and gets to the heart of the matter, without losing the heart of the matter. Love is more than diamond rings and flowers and heart shaped feelings. Love is sharing a pint of ice cream through tears. It is listening to endless sobs through a long distance phone line. It is the acknowledgment that life is hard and this moment is hard and holy hell THIS IS HARD. It is a hand to hold and a shoulder to lean on. It enforces what you know to be true, but you may have forgotten - that you matter. That your feelings matter. And that you will get through this.