It was inevitable for people to try to create a sense of normalcy in a place where nothing was normal. It helped one get through the day, to add predictability to a life that was inherently unpredictable.

Where do I go from here?

I'm not saying it because I'm sweet. I'm saying it because I love you now and I always have. More than you can imagine.

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.

Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries. But there is nothing.

Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.