I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.

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.

"Look," I said, "We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn't a surprise, it's what's supposed to happen. It's what we wanted. Right?" "Is it?" he asked. "Is it what you want?" Whether he intended it to be or not, this was the final question, the last Truth. If I said what I really thought, I was opening myself up for a hurt bigger than I could even imagine. I didn't have it in me. We changed and altered so many rules, but it was this one, the only one when we'd started, that I would break. "Yes," I said.

Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.

There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.

Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you.

It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.