We’re going to call him Wiley, and he was the “big guy” for most of his life. He had been overweight since he was a child, right up to his latter 20s. He was loved by friends and family for his warmth, sense of humor, and kindness; but beneath that…

Strength in All the Ways Alex had expected to feel desolate when his last relationship went bust; he soon discovered, though, that he was empty in ways none of the literature predicted. It was more than just another heartbreak though, this one received a deep laceration into his sense of…