People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.

As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is entirely possible to long for two lives, to feel that one life can't come close to containing it all.

Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.

It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.

The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken.

Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails. I was heads. Had it gone my way, there might not be a story at all. Just a chapter, or a sentence in a book whose greater theme had yet to be determined. Maybe this chapter would've had the faintest whisper of love about it. But maybe not. Sometimes, a girl needs to lose.

Wounds are like water set to boil - they heal best left unwatched.