What's a girl to do‭?" Max asked."‏Hell Max, get their address and we can do a drive by shooting.‭" I said."‏Sounds like a plan Jen. See that'... why I let you hang around with me. You come up with a good idea now and then, ‭" Max suggested."‏You let me hang around with you. Damn you are delusional.‭" I replied laughing.When Maxine got out of the van, she had two brown bags in her hand.‭ "‬What do you have there‭?" I asked."‏I passed a construction site. Helen had her van there doing breakfast.. I am literally walking out the door.’ He said as he flipped his computer shut, shoved it in his bag and made for the exit. ‘I’ll be home in fifteen minutes.’ ‘No, go to the airport. We might be able to catch the 2:15 if we both go straight there. I’ll bring your bag for you.’ ‘Okay, I’ll meet you at the ticketing counter.’ Nervousness and excitement swirled in Micah’s gut. February 18. Their children would be born on February 18. On the plane Ellia fidgeted nervously. It was only a 50 minute. We recognize, first and foremost, that we’re not in a relationship to focus on how well the other person is learning their lessons, but rather to focus on learning our own.The ego defends against love, not fear. Pain in relationships can be perversely comfortable pain, in that is one we know. We’re used to it. I once heard a tape by Ram Dass, an American spiritual teacher, in which he told of seeing a newspaper article about an abused baby being taken away from his mother. As a police matron. She was dressed in cut off jean shorts that were barely long enough to cover her midsection. The white from the front pockets were peeking under the leg of the shorts. Her legs were long and tanned, and on her feet were in boots that went up to the middle of her calves. As she stood, she hooked her thumbs in her front pockets, and her hips swayed to one side. She had on what Reid thought looked like a flannel shirt, but the sleeves had been cut off, the front buttons were unbuttoned about half.