Wine Talk with Amber

Usually these kinds of stories come planned. But you weren’t. You came out of the blue and created an entire thunderstorm. You know how people view thunderstorms. People are afraid of them because they are so powerful and can cause so much disruption. Thunderstorms can literally kill people. Some days they are small, some days they are strong. But all the time they are dangerous. They can create strong winds and tornadoes. They produce lightening. It kills. But just how most people would rather not have thunderstorms, there are good things about them. With thunderstorms usually comes rain. Rain is so soothing to the soul. The sound of thunderstorms are so eluding to life’s problems. Thunderstorms become the main focus to distract you from the negative things going on around you. And that’s how I see you. You distract me from my problems. I feel alone a great portion of the time. Except those times. Your story intrigues me. And this was not a part of my plan. It upsets me. I’m usually ...

So when we think about our deaths, what do we normally think about? We think about things like diseases such as cancer and diabetes. We think of high blood pressure. We think of natural disasters, car crashes, and maybe even getting shot. But you know the one single thing that is just as equally disastrous as all those other things that we NEVER think about when it comes to death? Love. Yup, love. How can love kill you one might ask? Honestly in many ways. And really, people think we can avoid that disaster but love is just like any other life-threatening disease, there are ways to try prevent it but there’s really no way of stopping it. When it comes, it comes full force. Is there a way of curing it though? Well, time could be the cure for love but that’s not the point of this post. The point of this post is to tell you how I feel about this disease called love. Love. Love. Love. Why do people allow themselves to be SO vulnerable? That’s all love is. Vulnerability. I mean, we know we...