...and It Strikes Her, As She Walks,

I'm Only Telling You On The Truth," He Said. "if You Can't Stand The Truth, Don't Ask For It.

I Guess This Is What Marriage Is, Or Was, Or Could Be. You Drop The Mask. You Allow The Fatigue In. You Lean Across And Kiss The Years Because They're The Things That Matter.

He Told Me Once That There Was No Better Faith Than A Wounded Faith And Sometimes I Wonder If That Is What He Was Doing All Along --trying To Wound His Faith In Order To Test It--and I Was Just Another Stone In The Way Of His God.

I Sit There Thinking About How Much Courage It Takes To Live An Ordinary Life.

Give Life Long Enough And It Will Solve All Your Problems, Including The One Of Being Alive.