I love you present tense.

Everybody was so kind. Strong, too. In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." "Quick, give me a throw pillow and some thread because that needs to be an Encouragement.

You know, like when you look in the mirror and the thing you see is not the thing as it really is.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

"Please stop," I said. "You're upsetting the black Santas."

I told myself – as I’ve told myself before – that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. But just like always, I didn’t slip away. I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.

Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.