I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it.
He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.
Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.
I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the...
There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.
I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.
If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.
One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.
I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.
Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over.
A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said.
I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my child & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.
We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff t...
Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.