It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return.

I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.

And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong.

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

May be you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.