In the last year, we’ve become friends in this space.

This column has given me a fulfillment I didn’t know possible, letting me scratch a mental and creative itch I didn’t know I had.

It got a little monotonous just for a few short weeks, but it also, in my mind, helped me find what my version of home includes.

It’s words.

I’ll admit I also am pretty sure I won over my fella with this column.

How does a word nerd flirt? By writing an entire column about this new, incredible person they met at the Taste of Austintown.

It worked, and I have this column to thank. Life has never been better.

I’ve always enjoyed writing and I’m most comfortable with a computer screen looking back at me. I don’t like being in front of a camera, and when I do any public speaking, I mess up.

Take when I “r

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