I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are..

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you..

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life..

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, b….

I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going c….

There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to l….

I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am..

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life..

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I ca….

I was never good at hide and seek because I'd always make enough noise so my friends would be sure to find me. I don't have anyone to play those game….

Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures..

If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can & there is nothing more to ….

I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue..

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life..

My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, ….

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself..

The birds brought seeds & flowers & bits of brightly colored string & placed them in her hair while she slept so she would remember the wild joy of s….

There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I'm far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much t….

In my dream the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination. And then she placed the world gently in the palm ….

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same.

There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my Son though some days I'm louder about other stuff so it's easy to miss tha….