Rekindle the Flame

Verb: neglect

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1. Leave undone or leave out 

= drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit ◑ attend to

Not do something; leave something undone • She neglected to notice that her child was no longer in his crib = fail

	Fail to attend to • he neglects his children
	Give little or no attention to • neglect the errors = disregard, ignore, tune out

Noun: neglect

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Lack of attention and due care = disregard

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I've heard a lot about "the neglect of love", where a young man finally finds his love and they very excitedly get married. Love is high, love is deep. A year goes and then another, love is still strong. And then after a while life gets busy, crazy, and sometimes overwhelming and before the love birds know it they are surviving and not living anymore. The relatives come in and things get rough, even frustrating. Then they start wondering why they're constantly fighting, disagreeing on about every tiny thing. Where I love you's (with a feeling) used to fly around all the time now it's become just words; "see you later, love you", said only at partings, if remembered at all.

Come to find out love has been neglected for a while. It has not been getting attention so it's fallen asleep in the back seat, waiting until it is awakened again. It has been starved of water and some sun, of some caring atmosphere to thrive in. They wonder what happened to all that love, "surely it was love?" they ponder. It was love; but he forgot that when he was courting her he always tried his best to bring her things she liked, take her to places she fancied and told her all the sweet little things he could think of. She forgot that she used to be tender and kind, that she chose her words carefully whenever she spoke because she didn't want to displease him and she always tried to look her best whenever he was coming over or taking her out. Now that they live under the same roof somehow it all seems unnecessary, even childish, and they wonder where the fire and fun went. It was neglected and the coals nearly died down to ashes. Any kind of wind would blow ashes away to oblivion, and life is full of winds. But somewhere deep inside they both know they still love each other. It's just time to rekindle the flame.