Does he have ugly hands? Sometimes beautiful people have ugly hands." "No he has kind of amazing hands.

And as we kept driving north, the whole family in the care together, it got darker, and snowier, until finally the road delivered us to the one place that all my youthful trips west never could: home.

Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always

That's what I realized: if I did get her back somehow, she wouldn't fill the hole that losing her created.

But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

Ashes to ashes. Garage sale to garage sale,” I said.