Kindred Spirits

"You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time."
 

Laughter & Noise

"There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise."
 

No Idea

"I've had some of my best conversations with strangers, she said, because they have no idea who they're dealing with."
 

No Regret

"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 carry that quiet with me all day long."
 

No Words

"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, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."
 

Packets of Light

"These are little packets of light & you need to plant them early in the year & remember to mark where they were because lots of times they look like weeds in the beginning & it's not until later that you see how beautiful they really are."
 

Quiet Pride - Daughter

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

Quiet Pride - Son

"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 that."
 

Regular Life

"Of course I want to save the world, she said, but I was hoping to do it from the comfort of my regular life."
 

Riding Home

"You may not remember the time you let me be first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together."
 

Real Reason

"There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good."
 

Side by Side

"We sat side by side in the morning light & looked out at the future together."
 

Such Small Things

"For a long time there were only your footprints & laughter in our dreams & even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to love you forever."
 

True Things

"They came to sit and dangle their feet off the edge of the world and after awhile they forgot everything but the good and true things they would do someday."
 

Waiting for Signs

"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 angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me."