We all have times when we don't want to face the day ahead. Whether that's in the first weeks of grade school or other times in adult life, we feel apprehensive, afraid, alone. The answer is obvious. My mother stood before me and assured me of her love. I made it because I knew I was loved.
Love is our topic today, and a confusing subject it is.
I confess that I have only a dim understanding of love. When I watch TV, check the Internet, or scan magazines in checkout lines, I see that our society understands love far less than I do. Some months ago we heard in the office of a single mother with two school age children. Because the children got in the way of her fun, she loaded them up with cough medicine. With the kids drugged to sleep, she and the boyfriend of the day were free to do what they will.