All you could do was take on as much weight as you can bear. And if you're lucky, there's someone close enough by to shoulder the rest.

Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us were still adjusting.

You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out.

Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.

You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.

How fast were you?" Wes asked me. I said, "Not that fast." "You mean you couldn't... fly?" he said, smiling at me.

Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.