When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

Why do some memories bleed out of nowhere and others stay locked behind doors?

At home I was raped by a guy i thought I loved' Trixie said, because thats what it was to her and always would be.

She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you.

Just because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.

There are all sorts of losses people suffer - from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses, your virginity. You can lose your head, you can lose your heart, you can lose your mind. You can relinquish your home to move into assisted living, or have a child move overseas, or see a spouse vanish into dementia. Loss is more than just death, and grief is the gray shape-shifter of emotion.

When you love someone, you don't see parts of him you don't like.