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.

When we’re alone together, I’m the destination. When I’m here in her life at school, I’m the disruption.

I just needed to realize that style was like personality - it didn't always have to be consistent; it just had to be something you lived with.

What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing

the world loves stupid labels. i wish we got to choose our own.

Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.

I want to know why this is such a part of me. I want to know why this thing that happened to other people has happened so much to me. I keep looking for the lesson.