“ From across her husband's open grave I had thought she exuded a certain foxy mystique, but now, to my disappointment, she looked just like every other mother I knew. Alex George
“ I need to confront my loss, not run away from it. I wanted to wade in with my eyes open and all my senses alert. I wanted to register everything, from the giant waves of sorrow to the inkiest ripples… Alex George
“ But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes that's how we know we're alive. Alex George
“ Sometimes life-changing moments slip by unnoticed, their significance only becoming apparent in the light of subsequent events. Alex George