There's more . . . There always is

I've often commented about my inability to cook just enough for the two of us to have dinner. Every night, as we sit down to eat, I say "there's more" and Phenom's response is always "there always is."

Between you and me, it's a point of pride for me.

When I was a young monkey, I didn't always get enough to eat. I also didn't always get enough love or companionship. Even after escaping the lab, I struggled with hoarding food, accepting any company just so I wouldn't be alone, and I craved being loved.

Now, many years later, I can say that I have more than enough of everything. More food than I can eat. More comfort than most. More love than I can hold. Some was hard work, some was pure luck, but most of it comes from the people in my life.

I may have a cool exterior of being unattached or unemotional sometimes. But, the reality is that I deeply, fiercely love. I am grateful for everyone in my life, and all they have given me. And, I don't let go of it as easily as I'd like people to think.

If I don't say it often enough, it's not that I don't feel it . . . I love you. Thank you.