Finding what I never knew was missing

I’ve always been a loner. Always shied away from closeness, disclosure, revelation. Perhaps it is some combination of experience and disposition that sends me on the solitary path. For the bulk of my life, this hasn’t been much of an issue. I have had friends to pass the time socially, but never so close that I couldn’t walk away into the solitude I found more comfortable. But events occurred that invite me to juxtapose…