I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didnt always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we havent thought of yet.

Does loving someone mean you want them to be safe? Or that you want them to be able to choose?

We can either try to change everything or just make the most of whatever time we have.

And I laugh at myself for thinking I could touch the sky.

Do you think you could let someone go if you thought it was best for them?

Once you want something, everything changes. Now I want everything. More and more and more.

This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.