thank you, k. it's a good feeling to hear that from writers i admire.

it's strange - definitely an anxiety i've had before with fair regularity, especially when ben has to drive to an appointment in fredrick or something. lately it's just been something that's hit with a new intensity much more regularly - like i've had a couple weeks where i'm fighting myself to not run and block him from leaving the front door every day. it does seem to be a complication related to stress - it was at its worst around the time of my doctor's appointments (which... still got a bunch more of those, so we'll see how that goes.)