I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.