"What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them."

[dramagirl42]

Adeline had a hard time falling asleep tonight. We got her brushed, washed, and into the softest Spongebob pyjamas imaginable. She was well snuggled in all manner of bed clothes and read more than the usual allotment of books. In spite of all this and even though we stayed up later than usual coloring, she was fidgety, distracted, and generally

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[1istener]

Just letting you know I really enjoyed this post. It was very thought-provoking and descriptive.

[dramagirl42]

Thanks. :) Every now and then I've got one in me.

[batsteve]

"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."
-- C.S. Lewis

Don't trust Knigge. There's a difference between staying alive and living.

[dramagirl42]

I don't agree with most of his conjectures, but that particular line really summed up how I was feeling in the moment, because it's certainly true a lot of the time. As is C.S. Lewis, he just looks on the bright side of the things that lead to hurt more than most. ;)