This was Ah-freaking-mazing. Beautiful. Stunning. Realisitic and lovely. This is how life is. Pain and happiness tangled into one. We all have our moments where we grip sadness, like the way you presented the silk in this story, so refined and smooth, familiar almost, but not ALWAYS welcomed. This was just stunning. I'm happy I read it. I almost didn't because of the length but i figured what the heck and i'm happy i did. great write