Please, if one of us cries, let both of us cry. But preferably neither of us.

Her handwriting was curious — small sharp little letters with no capitals (who did she think she was, e. e. cummings?).

The explanations for the things we do in life are many and complex. Supposedly mature adults should live by logic, listen to their reason. Think things out before they act. But maybe they never heard what Dr. London told me one, Freud said that for the little things in life we should react according to our reason. But for really big decisions, we should heed what our unconscious tells us.

We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention our worldly goods. And yet paradoxically, they are the most vulnerable of human beings. Their suicide rate is eight times the national average. Their percentage of drug addiction is one hundred times higher And because they are painfully aware that they cannot live up to our expectations, their anguish is unquantifiably intense. They have aptly been called 'wounded healers.' " ~ Barney Livingston, M.D. (Doctors, 1989)

This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural.

The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.