The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same

I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it

There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I'm far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink.

There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my Son though some days I'm louder about other stuff so it's easy to miss that.

Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had the same size feet as us, they weren't looking down the whole time while they walked to make sure they were doing it right