Like a phoenix rising through the fire, my Robbie, my Tesoro rises forward, and I hope and pray that he can take him out.

I don’t know how long we’ve sat here. All I do know is that my heart feels torn in two. Have I been here hours? Or minutes? Heartbreak is timeless".

My illusion, the idea of a soul mate, was so entrenched in my fantasy that the thought of letting him go, wrecked me.

Submit to God and be at peace with him

Our names were made for us in another century.

…while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there.

Oh how I had underestimated tender kisses.

All children are essentially criminal.

A goal is created three times. First as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take action towards its achievement.

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

People don't rise from nothing.

Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.