When a heart breaks, it opens and then expands

Grief is a personal journey that takes patience and love.

A view of Florence, Italy from San Miniato al Monte

This morning while I was contemplating what to write in my bio, the words “my five-year hiatus in the US” kept spinning back around in my head. I have used those words many times over the years to explain my absence from Florence. It was my way of containing the most challenging and yet…