I wish someone would've told me how easy it is to harden your heart. How easy it is to grab on to your preferences and sacrifice anyone and anything at the altar of what I want or think is most right.

As we kick off Realities of Relationships, Charaia and I talk about what her heart has been for since she started sharing her writing a couple years ago. How do we stay soft in a really hard world? How do we approach conversations that could be triggering with a soft heart and open hands? And how do we come back from deep pain caused by people we love the most?