Life isn't perfect. It's not supposed to be. We all make mistakes. You bash your head against the wall and you get hurt, but you walk away and make the best of it. And that's what makes it life, Brenna, not perfection. You'll never find happiness if you only expect to find a perfect life. Happiness is something we reach for while we try to learn from our disappointments.

when you lose your sails, row.

But there is room now in my heart for more memories, carved by a letting go that I could find only by coming home to a place I'd never been.

They say that not matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood.

I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking.

A great man once wrote, "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire." If only I were as eloquent as Mr. de la Rochefoucauld...I miss you, I miss you, I miss you. And I want you. And I need your kiss. And your touch on my skin like a man needs water. Always.

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.