Conversations in life are often akin to correspondence online…edited. With so much communication happening through the written word, much of what is said is often edited, filtered, or enhanced. We are calculated and deliberate about what we reveal and what we hide. Yet, the same could be said of speaking to someone face to face. Rarely does anyone answer “How are you?” with an honest and revealing portrait of his or her day. Rarely does anyone really care about the answer given. It’s merely a formality. Most of the time you go through life mildly satisfied with the level at which you know and are known. That is, until you are struggling with something, going through a difficult trial, or just suffering heartache.  Then everything changes. You look around to find who is in the passenger’s seat. You pick up the phone and pause to consider who to call. You […]