Romance

    We believe that things will turn out right in the end.  The sadness and the tragedies will have an ultimate answer, the wrongs will be avenged, the pain and the loneliness will be imbued with incredible meaning.  All the terror and the solitude will be assuaged and we will emerge triumphant and strong.  Romance is living with this strange, audacious belief while dying inside knowing that it is a lie, a deception. Men are not chivalrous, they are not the knights of your dreams, they have no interest in your fantasies and your heart's desires. Dear Lord Jesus, help me to endure.