I Can Only Offer You Everything

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When it comes to Kelsey Kasischke's motivation for writing and releasing </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I Can Only Offer You Everything</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the book's dedication says it all: f</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>or the reader who thinks like me feels like me falls like me dreams like me- I hope you find a little bit of yourself somewhere in these pages.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The author's second work is a testament to love in all of its forms- romantic platonic spiritual self and familial- and is divided into four sections each of which provides a distinct view of one or more of these forms of love and is written with either the past present or future in mind. There's Sincerity a reflection on past-to-present romances friendships and </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>almosts</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> that toed that friends-to-lovers line oh-so carefully; Alchemy a glimpse into the ongoing journey of learning to love and care for oneself enough to fall in love with life once again; Verity an open letter to like-hearted readers in search of the truths that the author herself wishes she'd known sooner; and Reverie a compilation of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>somedays</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and daydreams about a future love a future life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>While the book's four sections- which the author likes to think of as </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>what I've felt where I've been what I know </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> what I crave</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- are in some ways vastly different from one another they have one particularly important commonality: complete and total honesty. A vulnerability that just might expose exactly what you've been thinking and feeling but haven't yet had the courage or the opportunity to voice yourself. It's raw it's real and it's sugarcoat-free.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In other words </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I Can Only Offer You Everything</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> does not shy away from sitting with you in your pain your heartbreak your struggle- </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>but neither is it content to leave you there.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So if you're one among the like-hearted thinkers the feelers the fallers and dreamers: </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>read on.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But before you do be warned: what these pages </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>can't</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> offer you is a half-truth or watered-down emotion.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>only everything.</em></p><p></p>