Then she declared loudly, "Smoke break!" and everyone's eyes came to us, some of them shocked seeing as these days you could light up a doobie and no one would blink but if you lit up a smoke, you courted being publicly stoned to death.

Truth, honesty, perseverance, strength, love of all kinds and forgiveness are all beautiful, Tack. The most beautiful stories ever told are the most difficult to take.

Your grandmother used to say that you were two souls separated in heaven. She mainly meant you were both trouble and deserved each other.

We're all lost. The best chance we got is to wander this life with the people who matter.

You got one life, never use it just to breathe.

Then she declared loudly, "Smoke break!" and everyone's eyes came to us, some of them shocked seeing as these days you could light up a doobie and no one would blink but if you lit up a smoke, you courted being publicly stoned to death.

I prefer your smiles and laughter, wife, but there are far worse things than your tears wetting my skin.