And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

I'd like to say that this time I'd kill myself too..but I've never had that kind of courage.

never trust a man who wears a pinkie ring. . . the only jewelry a guy should wear is a wedding band or a super bowl ring

Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who was sexually abused as a child; the kidnapper who truly believed he was saving a life. And just because you break the law doesn't mean you have intentionally crossed the line into evil. Sometimes the line creeps up on you, and before you know it, you're standing on the other side.

People had figured out all sorts of ways to make things seem different than they truly were.

I would figure out, later, how to explain to my boss that, for me, Delia will never be a story, but a happy ending.