We often think of love in the context of instants: spotting a future partner, walking down the aisle, the smacking reality of a brand new baby handed to us for safekeeping. It's human nature to anticipate these pivotal moments and to inflate them in our minds, allowing them to serve as our definition of a deep and abiding connection to another. . We forget, I think, what a gradual process it is to understand love. All those references to the long-smoldering embers over the sudden spark reiterate ... View Post