The person who has developed into the man most recognize as me, is merely an agglomeration of those whom I have touched and those who have touched me. I am not me; only their essentia personified.
In breaking down the sentence structure of wifedom, as my wife got older, I found the verbs and adverbs were more intense and then without periods, everything ended in an exclamation point!
I was asked the question: What does one do when one comes face to face with a reality that defies and disproves a pre-conceived notion? I answered "one accepts or denies; the choice does much to define who we are".