Things That Break - Be

It Doesn't Take A Whole Long Life To Realize That What We Deserve To Have, We Rarely Get.

Remember That Every Fire Will Burn Itself Out, Even Without Your Help.

Why Are You Doing This To Yourself? When Something Bad Happens, Why Do You Have To Pick At It Until It Bleeds All Over Again?

Being A Good Mother, It Seemed To Me, Meant You Ran The Risk Of Losing Your Child.

There Are All Sorts Of Experiences We Can't Really Put A Name To...the Birth Of A Child, For One. Or The Death Of A Parent. Falling In Love. Words Are Like Nets--we Hope They'll Cover What We Mean, But We Know They Can't Possibly Hold That Much Joy, Grief, Or Wonder. Finding God Is Like That, Too. If It's Happened To You, You Know What It Feels Like. But Try To Describe It To Someone Else--and Language Only Takes You So Far.