Sunset is the saddest light there is.

We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night.

You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self.

I said, "If I was a Negro girl-" He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. "We can't think of changing our skin," he said. "Change the world-that's how we gotta think."

Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things.

I felt amazed at the choosing one had to do, over and over a million times daily--choosing love, then choosing it again...how loving and being in love could be so different.

Grandmotherhood initiated me into a world of play, where all things became fresh, alive, and honest again through my grandchildren's eyes. Mostly, it retaught me love.