Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons. But when all is said and done, they have one thing in common: They are shooting stars-a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they're gone.

What happens in the past, is in the past. But don't be surprised if it comes back and haunts you.

Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.

In another time and place, she might have felt differently, but thinking along those lines was pointless now.

And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.

How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.