That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

A person who says "it's your decision" is informing you that your decision sucks.

If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.

Love can come when you're already who you are, when you're filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to fill the empty space.

Sometimes love is a surprise, an instant of recognition, a sudden gift at a sudden moment that makes everything different from then on. Some people will say that's not love, that you can't really love someone you don't know. But, I'm not so sure. Love doesn't seem to follow a plan; it's not a series of steps. It can hit with the force of nature--an earthquake, a tidal wave, a storm of wild relentless energy that is beyond your simple attempts at control.

She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd hear about her on the evening news.