Memory Is A Cruel Mistress With Whom

They Say Everyone Needs Something To Love.

People Might Think Writing Is A Hard Business, But It's Nowhere Near Acting.

Had Any Poet Adequately Described The Wretched Ugliness Of A Loved One Turned Inside Out With Grief?

Hope's One Thing, Expectation's Quite Another.

In Real Life Turning Points Are Sneaky. They Pass By Unlabeled And Unheeded. Opportunities Are Missed, Catastrophes Unwittingly Celebrated. Turning Points Are Only Uncovered Later, By Historians Who Seek To Bring Order To A Lifetime Of Tangled Moments.