Sometimes the people we love have been through so many hardships, disappointments, battles, and poor treatment that by the time we meet them, they do not know how to love freely. We look at them and look past the pain. We perceive who we believe they can be, without understanding who they are.  We see their eyes, and we love them.  We see their smile, and we become enamored. We feel their touch, and we are mesmerized. But what we cannot see is what they have experienced. We cannot see how often...