Ring There goes the telephone, that will be Jennifer. ‘Hello?’ ‘Hello, this is the AT&T Operator. Will you accept a collect call from Jennifer M...atthews?’ ‘Yes, I accept.’ ‘Hi, mom! Monica told me that you called. I just got back too late to call last night.’ ‘As in you got back this morning?’ Silence. ‘Don’t lie to me, Jennifer.’ ‘Yes, mom, as in I got back this morning.’ I could hear from my little girl’s voice that she knew she had disappointed me. ‘Do you love him, Jennifer?’ ‘Oh, yes, mom,. The converse situation isn’t rare, either. A person follows the advice of their elder and finds that the consequences are horrible. Get educated, get a job, get married, buy a house, have kids, save for college, and then save for retirement. At retirement, the person is unhappy with a life spent pursuing goals that did not yield satisfaction when accomplished.The ironic part of passing wisdom from old to young is that the young tend to believe the myths and disbelieve the facts. They believe. Walking through the family room, I go into the kitchen to fix a sandwich to eat. Standing at the sink, I look out one of the windows and gaze out into the front yard. Darkness is setting in quickly now. I don't see any cars drive past the house, which is unusual for this time of evening.I don't see any trick-or-treaters out tonight either. Because of the serial killer, the neighborhood has arranged for the kids to come to the nearby elementary school for a Halloween carnival, instead of walking. I don’t know what this is going to be. Or what it is good for. Maybe for everything, maybe nothing. Maybe it should be therapy for me. I had thought that I was cured. I imagined it. To be healed of you. How ridiculous.Obviously, nobody can close the gap that you left behind. It is completely hopeless.Through you I have experienced what love is. Love is when you win the lottery and don’t have the urge to leave your girlfriend - but to share the profits with her. And then maybe even marry. And.