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How often do you say the words " I wish,"or"I can't wait,"dear CR readers? "I wish it were the weekend." "I wish the holidays would hurry up and come." "I can't wait for Spring Festival." Such words may seem innocuous enough; after all,during a moment of crisis or worry, it is quite normal to yearn for a period of calm. But, think about what these words actually mean:"I wish it were any day other than today." If you say or think such things often enough, what can life really be worth?

This month's CR feature looks at time and our perceptions of this most precious of commodities.

In the piece, " Aspirin for a Severed Head," Suzanne Finnamore examines the effects of time on a traumatic event, namely, her divorce. From the initial desperation of feeling that the roof of her world had come cashing down, she began to get through familiar landmark periods and the pain gradually eased: The first Christmas alone;The first wedding anniversary,etc. Time, or what we do with it, will take us from one place to the next, however much we may try  to fight for it. But why fight time? As Ms. Finnamore describes, time work  upon her likes aspirin, gradually easing her pain and pulling her life forward to a point where she can no longer live in the past.

This is especially poignant for me, dear readers, as this will be my final prologue. Time continues on its ever-persistent course, and I must allow its sometimes gentle, sometimes harsh wind to carry me  to where they may. Despite my inevitable sadness at the fact of my leaving, I am glad indeed that your time and mine intersected for a period, enabling me to share my thoughts with you, for what they are worth. I am comforted too in the knowledge that time can take nothing from us, nothing is ever really lost; every time you pick up a past issue , we will be , once again, in each other's company. The solid proof of what time has given us is the embodiment of what it cannot take away. 

From "Crazy English Reader".