She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.

And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.

She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.

Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment.

My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.

A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.

Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.