If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

You couldn't see the key around my neck: it hung too low under both collars. But if I leaned in close, I could make it out, buried deep beneath. Out of sight, hard to recognize, but still able to be found, even if I was the only one to ever look for it.

Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can’t fully understand.

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!

Being a star requires risk-taking shoes.

D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon.