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“Loving you is easy”

The truck speeds down the road as an old Waylon Jennings song comes on the radio I watch Dane as he pilots us back toward town

If only he kne deeply I needed to hear those words True, hehi I never knew I needed

“You kno irl Loving you is easy Anyone whoyou is hard doesn’t really love you Remember that”

Grander’s seat and feel the warm rays of the sun I can’t help but smile

He loves me, Grandma He really loves me

There’s a confidence, a peace that settles in my soul at the realization I never knew this kind of contentment with Derrick Maybe this is why I was so devastated after the divorce It wasn’t the loss of Derrick It was losing the chance to ever have a love like this

I just didn’t realize what a blessing the universe was giving me I had to lose Derrick—feel the crash of the whole world that I’d been building—to get here

To get to a love that is true and deep and real To have a strong, healthy relationship to model for Anna

I study Dane He’s sturdy and solid enough to withstand the hard tih to hold me when I’m sad He’s also filled with a joy, a playfulness to make every day a little better He waited for me

He does everything all the way—and that’s how I know That’s how I don’t worry about the future

Dane McDaniels loves for keeps