The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.

It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.

My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.

I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.

They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.