Trust. That was what this was all about. If you can't trust the one you love, you don't have anything.

Trust. That was what this was all about. If you can't trust the one you love, you don't have anything.

My mother read that parents should spend quality time with their children. One way is to sign up for organized activities together. This month we're taking meditation to free the mind. Last month it was Rolfing. Have you ever Rolfed, Tone?" "Only after the school's shepherd's pie," I said.

As they were carting him off on a gurney, all I could think was, I wish that was me.

The truth remains. I was, and am, disgusted with myself.

But its not funny. Not to people who've been told they're losers their whole lives and believe they will never be anything else.

Miracles don't happen. You make them happen. They're not wishes or dreams or candles on a cake. They're not impossible. Reality is real. It's totally and completely under my control.