This volume was written as part of an internet-based project, working collaboratively with hundreds of individuals who submitted important love-related events in their lives and, these were transformed into stories and poems by the author. They are not in a special order and rather, reflect the flow of conversations as they occurred. The larger work also available on Amazon.com is entitled "Poetry, Politics, Love and Sex in the Obama Age: Survival Tools and Hard Truths" (562P;pps)