She said she wouldn't, but she did. She said she couldn't, but she changed her mind. That is what love does to you. She is in her mid-30s, and I am about double that. She wrote a story, and after reading it, I found so many similarities that I had to comment and send her a friend request. To my surprise and excitement, she accepted. We kept in touch almost every day - or at least I did. You see, she is married and a very...

Not knowing what to expect in the e-mail, I was hesitant, but resolved myself to the inevitable and opened it. It started in an upbeat fashion with: Hi, how have you been? I've been thinking of you. I didn't know what to think other than I knew she was married. As far as I knew, our time in the mountains was just that - our time in the mountains - with no hint of a future. After getting through the normal stuff of 'I hope...

Sunshine. A word that lives in my brain in ambiguity. A word that conjures up images of warmth and sometimes hot. A word that sends images of softness, of love, and sometimes ... pain. The Sunshine that runs through my brain today is one of pain. Sunshine is a woman I met in the Colorado mountains on a trip I took to be alone but through unforeseen circumstances, met her and fell deeply in love. She was on a break from he...