She strived for perfection. She loved setting herself tasks, sometimes impossible ones, to prove to her heart that underneath every seemingly ugly thing there was something beautiful inside.
Cecelia AhernSo many objects, so many memories. Each was being labelled and packed away in bags just as it was in her mind. To be stored in an area that would sometime be called upon to teach and help in future life.
Cecelia AhernThis house isn't mine anymore, but the memories are; the memories can't be sold. The building that housed my once-upon-a-time dreams stands for someone else now, as it did for the people before us, and I feel happy to let it go. Happy that I can begin again, anew, though bearing the scars of before. They represent wounds that have healed.
Cecelia AhernTwo lost things that had survived the seas and arrived on a coastline. What did they do? They implanted themselves in the sand and grew into trees and lined the beaches. Sometimes a lot can come of being all washed up. You can really grow.
Cecelia AhernSo now, all alone or not, you gotta walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too.
Cecelia AhernLife is funny isnโt it? Just when you think youโve got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about something, and feel like you know what direction youโre heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, north is suddenly south, and east is west, and youโre lost. It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction. And thatโs with following all the signposts
Cecelia Ahern