She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.

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.

There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good.

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

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.