Like her father, he wasn't comfortable sharing his thoughts and feelings. She tried to explain that she needed to be closer to him, but it had never seemed to make a difference.

She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human.

If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it.

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.

Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory, Pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping

I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.