She Was Forced To Consider

Saying Goodbye To The People You Love Isn't Easy

I Told Myself That If I Didn't Care, This Wouldn't Have Hurt So Much - Surely That Proved I Was Alive And Human And All Those Touchy-feely Things, For Once And For All. But That Wasn't A Relief, Not When I Felt Like A Skyscraper With Dynamite On Every Floor.

And That Was The Greatest Heartbreak Of All- No Matter How Spectacular We Want Our Children To Be, No Matter How Perfect We Pretend They Are, They Are Bound To Disappoint. As It Turns Out, Kids Are More Like Us Than We Think: Damaged, Through And Through.

It Takes Two People To Make A Lie Work: The Person Who Tells It, And The One Who Believes It.

Sometimes The Key To Happiness Is Just Expecting A Little Bit Less