All By Myself

This cheesy oldie came to me as I was processing some difficult feelings involved in letting my lover into my life more deeply:

When I was young

I never needed anyone

And makin' love was just for fun

Those days are gone

Yes, those days are gone. And although that's a positive thing in so many ways, sometimes it literally hurts to let someone in, especially if what you are letting them see is something that you don't much like looking at (in) yourself. Yep, that's really hard.

But when I heard the chorus of this song on my inner jukebox, I sang along, loudly proclaiming:

All by myself

Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore

All by myself

Don't wanna live, all by myself anymore

Of course, I haven't been literally all by myself in over a decade, when my little ones came into my life. But there was still a part of me living alone for all that time. She's not alone anymore...