maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark into the world.

I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.

I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless him.

You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.

Little girls. They could melt the toughest hearts.

I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

I know it can't be the same between us, but that doesn't change the way I felt about you then.