I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.

Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.

Summer nearly does me in every year. It's too hot and the light is unforgiving and the days go on way too long.

I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for was dead.

Having a child as a single mother was a crucible - maybe this is true for all parents. I got rid of so much stuff that didn't really matter in the scheme of things-like throwing stuff out of an airplane that kept me flying too low. What was left was essential, i.e. not a lot of extraneous stuff that had kept me busy and people-pleasing. I just didn't have the luxury of wasting my life force on so much stupidity and distraction. That made me strong.

If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.

This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing.