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Things that puzzle me about love, in no particular order: how a man can love someone from his past so much that it becomes an affliction which keeps him from ever being a loving person again, how children love their parents on some level no matter what and the inverse is absolutely not the case, how a woman can cling so blindly to one love that she never gives a thought to letting another drift away from her, how we harbor secret desires in ourselves to return to the one who loved us the least, how easy it is to fall in and out of love as long as it is our own choice, and how difficult it is when it is the choice of another.

The clouds have broken and I find myself irritated with fair weather friends. It's something that bothers me more in theory than in practice these days, as I have learned to let those things sort themselves out without mention most of the time. We rarely have the friendships that we think we have, so I try to be patient even as my patience is tried.

That said, I'm going to go enjoy the weather with my kids. First day of trotting around on the bum knee...wish me luck.