We kiss. Her hands are freezing on my face, and she tastes like coffee and the smell of the onion is still stuck in my nose, and my lips are all dry from the endless winter. And it's awesome.

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.

I think forever is an incorrect concept.

At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.

You can trust that caring, as a rule, ends poorly,” which is true. Caring doesn’t sometimes lead to misery. It always does.

I smiled. She smiled. I believed the smile.

We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.