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.

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

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

She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had the same size feet as us, they weren't looking down the whole time while they walked to make sure they were doing it right

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the labels off first. I don't want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It's not healthy.