As an author, I get paid to break my own heart on a regular basis.

I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.

He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.

The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.

Like so many things Henry had wanted in life -- like his father, his marriage, his life -- it had arrived a little damaged. Imperfect. But he didn't care, this was all he'd wanted. Something to hope for, and he'd found it. It didn't matter what condition it was in.

He'd do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.

Hope can get you through anything.