There are many times when I find myself lost in my thoughts. And more often than not, overcome with emotions. It happens unexpectedly. Then again, the heart rarely heeds notice when it pulses an outpouring of sentiments. I gaze at Brian, sometimes when he is talking to me and other times when he is not talking at all. I counter the movement of his lips with a smile. You see, that’s easy with him. Smiling, I mean.   It’s the light in his eyes. It’s his smile. It’s his contagious spirit.  In every moment when I am with him, I think about how thankful I am to know him, for the opportunity to love him, and how empty my life was before he came…