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.

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

He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.

When you start to crack open, don't waste a moment gathering your old self up into something like you knew before. Let your new self splash like sunlight into every dark place and laugh and cry and make sounds you never made & thank all that is holy for the gift.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

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

Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.