maybe?

If you're not terrified twice a week, maybe you're not in love.

a voice from beyond

I've heard many times before about people hearing a piece of wisdom from the voice of a wise, "departed" ancestor. Somehow, I'd always excused that as a form of rhetoric.

Earlier tonight, I was involved in an argument that didn't really go anywhere productive. We both brought out the big guns and succeeded in irritating, angering, frustrating, and otherwise ruining the rest of the day for each other without scoring any body shots.

Just a few minutes ago, the voice of Papa Nate came to me, literally, in the back of my mind. Not only did it sound like him, it delivered the kind of crisp rebuke that he could so easily fire off. "Great. You both won. Now what?"

I don't know how my brain pulled that one off, but it was just what I needed. I miss that man so much.