These are little packets of light and you need to plant them early in the year and remember to mark where they were because lots of times they look like weeds in the beginning and it's not until later that you see how beautiful they really are.

If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can & there is nothing more to it than that.

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

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

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.

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

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