We shared. Parents. Home. Pets. Celebrations. Catastrophes. Secrets. And the threads of our experience became so interwoven that we are linked. I can never be utterly lonely, knowing you share the planet.

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

Brooks too wide for our leaping, hedges far to high. Loads too heavy for our moving, burdens too cumbersome for us to bear. Distances far beyond our journeying. The horse gave us mastery.

However time or circumstances may come between mother and her child, their lives are interwoven forever.

Integrity rings like fine glass. True, clear, and reassuring.

If you've only one breath left, use it to say thank you.

The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you.