It's not forever', she'd said, but to my mother, it might as well have been. She had make her choice, and this was it, where she felt safe, in a world she could, for the most part, control.

Family isnt about blood relationships, its about the meaning behind them. I relize now that sharing chromosoms is not the only way to having a family, its about the friendship behind it.

In those first few hours officially single again the world seems like it expands, suddenly bigger and more vast now that you have to get through it alone.

It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.

Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

What happened to goodbye?