We spent a good time together through those years and frankly almost destroyed one another. Through this though, we became adults, and even though it’s several years later; my heart and soul still tear open and bleed a torrent of pain at the thought of you. I have come to find a very large portion of the human population never experiences the intimacy and love that bound our spirits in the way they were. Thank you for sharing the experience with me, as I would have never become the artist I have become, nor you the mother you have become. —Goddamn It Hurts
This article appears in May 5-11, 2011.