For sheer excitement you can keep movie premieres and roller-coasters . An empty white canvas waiting to be filled. That's the thing.

A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits in a bush a yard from your shoes - and listens.

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

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown.

The work of a garden bears visible fruits-in a world where most of our labours seem suspiciously meaningless.

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.