neverunconditional

The first time Evan uttered the words "Please. You don't know me!" I could hardly catch my breath, I was laughing so hard.  He was four years old, with big brown eyes and blond hair that grew in every direction at the same time. He spit the words at me with more attitude and disgust than I thought possible for someone his age. I watched a smile creep across his face as he gauged my reaction. "Rachael, you-pause-don't-pause-know-pause-me!" He yelled again, erupting in laughter.  Lines from low-budget talk shows, I was sure, are not what most people should be teaching their boyfriend's little brother.  In fact, I knew I could look forward to a

Why is the world so obsessed with love stories?   In every book I read, every movie I see, all the sitcoms and comic books and pictures that I see, there are people in love, and happy.  No wonder most humans are "in love with being in love." Its force fed to us from childhood.  Snow White had her Prince Charming to rescue her from the hardships of life.  Cinderella's man didn't stop his ruthless hunt until he had found her.  The goofy guy-friend wins over the girl in just about every "chick-flick" out there.  We are trained to expect that we all will find that, too.  That we will find the one person out there for us, they will be a way out fr