There was no pretention here, no hidden meanings in the phrases they spoke, no elaborate plans designed to impress the other. Though it had always been easy to spend time with Mike, she suddenly realized that in the whirlwind of the past couple of weeks, she'd almost forgot how much she enjoyed it.

i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there.

Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time.

Why did you come here? To find you.

It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.

Every now and then, I’d meet a guy and think that we were getting along great, and suddenly I’d stop hearing from him. Not only did he stop calling, but if I happened to bump into him sometime later he always acted like I had the plague. I didn’t understand it. I still don’t. And it bothered me. It hurt me. With time, it got harder and harder to keep blaming the guys, and I eventually came to the conclusion that there was something wrong with me. That maybe I was simply meant to live my life alone.

Single motherhood is a reality for a lot of women in my age group and the time difficulties in their lives are universal.