Table of Contents
Prologue xi
Introduction: Thinking About Love xv
Part 1
Chapter 1 Don't Like Me 3
Chapter 2 A Nice Visit 9
Chapter 3 Sharing Stories 14
Chapter 4 Quills of a Porcupine 24
Chapter 5 Love Outsourced 33
Chapter 6 A Terrible Mistake 39
Chapter 7 Traumatic Experiences of Love 45
Chapter 8 I Really Like Willow 51
Chapter 9 Children for Sale 57
Chapter 10 Love and Lies 64
Chapter 11 The Topic is Sex 71
Chapter 12 Teaching Children about Love 77
Part 2
Chapter 13 Disempowered 81
Chapter 14 Betrayal Blindness 85
Chapter 15 Surrender 90
Chapter 16 Another Betrayal 94
Chapter 17 You're My Favorite 99
Chapter 18 Soup Cans 108
Chapter 19 My First Marriage 116
Chapter 20 Dog Bite 121
Chapter 21 Meeting Natalie 126
Chapter 22 Grooming 134
Chapter 23 Not for Cowards 138
Chapter 24 Three Wet Kisses 141
Chapter 25 No Surprise 146
Chapter 26 Hey, Doc 151
Part 3
Chapter 27 Trust 163
Chapter 28 Break and Repair 174
Chapter 29 Black and Blue 179
Chapter 30 Good-bye 184
Chapter 31 The Women in my Life 188
Chapter 32 The Date 191
Chapter 33 Transitions 200
Chapter 34 Kristy's Wings 205
Chapter 35 A Different Kind of Love 212
Chapter 36 Jessica goes to Cambodia 220
Chapter 37 I Love You, Too 232
Chapter 38 My Mother learns to Pray 235
