Holland, My Heart

You know those stress inventories where you check off life's biggest disasters? Yeah, I've lost count.

In just one year, I lost my husband (and his brother), sold our home, moved across the country, quit my job, and watched my sister-in-law, who also happens to be my best friend, move away. So, here I am—twenty-seven, an MBA with no job, and a heart held together by sheer willpower.

And that's when Naomi, my mother-in-law, who also happens to be my best friend, introduces me to Kai Ipu. He's ...