tiny: but there is the word, this word phil wrayson taught me once: weltschmerz. it's the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be. i live in a big goddamned weltzschermz ocean, you know? and so do you.

It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.

It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is hard to stop seeing your parents as parents and to start seeing them as human beings. It's a two-sided transition, and very few people manage it gracefully.

It scares me how hard it is to remember life before you. I can't even make the comparisons anymore, because my memories of that time have all the depth of a photograph. It seems foolish to play games of better and worse. It's simply a matter of is and is no longer.

You are happy even if you are afraid to admit it.

I don't want to fall. All I want to do is stand on solid ground.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.