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

There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot that he was part of something much bigger

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

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together.

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 is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.