Disclaimer: Crafted with Care

FRIENDSHIP WARNING: If you aren’t ready to be hit with deep, true emotional truth, don’t bother getting close. I cry at sad movies, and sometimes harder at happy ones. I generate story-telling poetry—of joy, fear, comedy, and tragedy in equal measure—on the fly, and I write stories designed to pull on heartstrings, and then twist and transform at the last moment.

I give away a lot of love to others in my life, and since it is the one gift you always get back in bigger measure, people tend to love me back, which is just fine with me. I am patient, kind, and generous, unless you threaten someone I care about, and then I will replace my cuddly teddy-bear smile dentures with sharpened fangs, and I will bite if provoked. Not many will ever see me remove the smile I wear like a mask; the world is a dark place, so I do my best to brighten it with a smile on the outside, even when I’m not in a smiling mood on the inside.

I may be old, fat, and getting gray, but my heart is still very much alive and well, and I wear it on my sleeve. So if you start caring about me, just know I cared about you first, and then just accept the fact that friendship with an old Poohbear is a forever deal.