The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.
The future is created through memory.
A winter without snow seems depressing, lacking.
I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.
While on the level of civil rights many things have changed decisively for the better, on the level of attitudes and mentality there's still a long way to go. On the other hand it's obvious that it's much easier to change a law than to change a way of thinking.
When I look around me, I see mostly women who are alone, left by their husbands after their kids grew up, for a younger woman, which is the most common thing, or suddenly abandoned after getting married and left with young children.