“ I had to ask Scottie what TYVM meant, because now that I’ve narrowed into her activities, I notice she is constantly text-messaging her friends, or at least I hope it’s her friends and not some perv i… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ Do you guys have sunscreen?” I ask.“No,” Scottie says. “Do we have water?”“Did you bring any?” Alex asks.“No,” I say.Alex pops her head up. “Did you bring snacks for us?”“We can walk to town.”How do m… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ My God,” she says. “I feel like I’ve gone through a car wash.”I laugh, or force myself to, because it’s not something I’d normally laugh at.“What about you?” she says to Scottie. “How did you make out… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ I tell Esther she should ease up on lard. There's no need to mix lard in with Scottie's rice, chicken, and beans. I tell her she hasn't read the blogs. I've read the blogs. I know what Scottie should… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ We continue to eat, the conversation easy and flowing. I listen to everything everyone says, an urgency to pay attention, to not miss these moments you don't know are moments until they're gone. I nar… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ I picture Cully tromping through that high, deep snow. That's how I feel physically from all of this. Moving through grief like it's a thick drift, exhausting but enlivening. It makes your muscles ach… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ You can't compare and rank heartache. Pain is pain is pain. There is no precise measurement. No quarter cup. Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ A sea of red lights, and I slow down. My job now is to gather everyone together and tell them we have to let her go. I won't tell anyone over the phone, because I didn't like hearing the news from the… Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ I'll never be ready. Yet at the same time, you always want to reach the end. You can't fly to a destination and linger in the air. I want to reach the end of this thing, and I feel terrible about it. Kaui Hart Hemmings
“ That's how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can't experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too. Kaui Hart Hemmings
