8:214) Elizabeth Lower-Basch 29-MAY-98 11:30

I think the best thing we ever did was make up new words to replace "love."

We didn't mean the same thing by "love" and so we kept on hurting each other. I said "I love you" and I meant "I have given you a part of my soul and you will have it forever, an intangible connection between us, whether we remain lovers, remain friends. If I never see you again, I will always have this day, these dandelions, this dizziness as I roll down the hill." He heard "I want to be with you forever," and was scared.

My word was "shike". I think his word was "pash", but I don't really remember, because by the time it mattered "love" was good enough.