A great man once wrote, "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire." If only I were as eloquent as Mr. de la Rochefoucauld...I miss you, I miss you, I miss you. And I want you. And I need your kiss. And your touch on my skin like a man needs water. Always.

You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow.

when you lose your sails, row.

We live, we love. These are the choices we are given, to open doors or to close them. It is all we have, and it is enough

You ain’t dead yet, so you ain’t done.

Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people's hearts.

Moving on doesn't mean forgetting.