You could certainly interpret this card on a number of levels. One of those might be in the vein of aging-woman empowerment, embracing the truth that many of us are actually improving as we get older, rather than withering and dying in place, like fading flowers whose essential beauty has left us. That interpretation is all well and good, and definitely true enough. But I actually meant the more time goes by, the righter I get on a much more literal level. Specifically, I was addressing it to an ex of mine who (incorrectly) believed that a healthy, loving relationship between us would be impossible to create and sustain. Now, of course I won’t speak for him. But personally, I begged to differ. Sometimes, I enjoy sitting back and thinking how much this ex might miss me, now that we’ve been apart for nearly a year. I can picture him turning that age-old question around in his head: did I give up too soon? Dear reader, I know you might think this example a bit ridiculous, and you may even be clucking your tongue over how silly and deluded my wild imaginings are. But the fact remains that each and every human being on the planet needs love, in the form of at least one loving and close kind of relationship. Those of us who cannot or will not enjoy love are the ones who tend to wither and die in place, their essential beauty fading like a flower, over time. What I do know is that I was willing then, as I am still willing now, to give my ex all the love he could ever need. Whether he ever chooses to accept that love is up to him. But it is still there, on the table, warm and alive and beating, and perhaps stronger and righter than ever, as time goes by. ❤️‍🔥—Y.B.D.