Her sadness scares her, and it scares the heck out of him. It builds on itself.

Getting through it — when the good times in the day finally begin to outweigh the bad — takes three to four months before things really do turn around.

I won't date a guy who doesn't own a toolbox. I'm not saying you need to be able to knock down a wall or build a house or anything like that. But I've been out with a couple of guys who didn't own toolboxes, and they couldn't even change a light bulb.

He may take long walks
in the raining dark
almost aimlessly
to a spot of soaked grass
in a neighbor’s open field.
He’s decided this is the place
for you and him to meet again.

Because we know he was simply a man, with weakness and frailties.
Who yearned for the same things all of us do--to love and be loved

There’s no point to living life unless you make history and the best way to make history is to help others.