It was only a brief whisper of happiness before she would return to a new love, and I would tread on alone.

Adam said, bluntly: "To do what you are doing, you have to believe in something."

Better than my words speaks the image of two bikes resting, together. The symbolism touched me, and I let it in too deep.

True ring the simple words by Theoden of Rohan: "No parent should have to bury their child."

Had I been able to peer into the near future, I probably would have embraced her right then and there. But I didn't.

The age showed in the wrinkles, yet they made her no less beautiful. I never learned her name, nor will I ever forget her face.

Whilst the gaming crowd might not have a sexy coolness about them, the drive to engage is no less natural, no less important.

I had a rare sense of belonging and wished that I had a four-legged friend to go with me. In a future perhaps I will.

Nothing was more evident of the peace that she could sense than watching her surrender to the water in that lake.