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.

Sisters share the scent and smells... the feel of a common childhood.

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan.

Thank you for being interested. Doesn't sound much but it meant just about everything.

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

We expect too much at Christmas. It's got to be magical. It's got to go right. Feasting. Fun. The perfect present. All that anticipation. Take it easy. Love's the thing. The rest is tinsel.

Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so.