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.

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

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.

I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.

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.

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

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