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

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

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.

We went to a church that had missionaries who'd come back once a year from Fiji & give talks. I remember one of them saying it was very hard work telling people they were going to lose their everlasting souls if they didn't shape up. I pictured people sitting on the beach listening to this sweaty man all dressed in black telling them they were going to burn in hell & them thinking this was good fun, these scary stories this guy was telling them & afterwards, they'd all go home & eat mango & fish & they'd play Monopoly & laugh & laugh & they'd go to bed & wake up the next day & do it all again.

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