Drop some of them bricks you keep hauling around with you. Life just ain’t that heavy.

We wanted a family so bad, all of us. And we just grabbed each another and made us one. Simple as that.

May was the best person I ever knew…. She understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. She had faith in every single person she ever met, and this never...

One morning she happened upon a bit of cloth decorated with pictures of little red squirrels carrying small, brown,nutsacks,and she nearly fainted away.

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.

In November, some birds move away and some birds stay. The air is full of good-byes and well-wishes. The birds who are leaving look very serious. No silly spring chirping now. They have long journeys...