Hello, Edward. I've been waiting for you.

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace.

First and foremost, I would put a massive national emphasis on illiteracy with real markers that you could measure and real efforts to do a one-on-one kind of tutoring until kids can get up to snuff on that.

once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied

Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to compose their thoughts, maybe the next evening as well.

For many of us, the curtain had just come down on childhood.

That kind of love - the kind you realize you already have by the life you've created together - that's the kind that lasts.