So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.

I had to wonder whether it was possible that this wasn’t already decided for me, and if maybe, just maybe, this was my one last chance to try and prove it. There was no way to know. There never is. But I reached out and took it anyway.

See, Colie, it's all about understanding. We're all worth something.

I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.

There are worse addictions than reality TV, chocolate and coffee.

This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.

I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on. Maybe it had seen places you never had, been rerouted and passed through so many strange hands, but still somehow found its way back to you, all before the day even began.