Sometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person's life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another and then another and another, eventually setting off just as big a change in a body's life.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.

I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.