So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad.

Some things don't last forever, but some things do.

My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books, where reading was encouraged if not required.

It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

And while it is hard enough to take away something that makes a person happy it's even more difficult when it seems like it's the only thing.

But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.

Some writers pick a topic and write around that, but I like to include it all.