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

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

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

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

I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

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

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.