Things people say

C, after Alice the dog ate a box of Cheese Its and fell asleep: "They must have had a very soporific effect."

Random grandma at local ice cream stand, noticing that C didn't have any shoes yet still wanted to run through the woods: "Oh here, honey, you can borrow my crocs."

B, pointing to a tiny piece of peeling skin in her armpit that she mistook for hair: "Look! I have some puberty!"

One of my best friends: "I needed to begin so I can allow the past to be free."

Another of my best friends, from long ago, quoting/paraphrasing Thaddeus Golas: "Whatever you do, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you feel, love yourself for feeling it."

And another dear friend: "Perhaps sadness is an essential part of being a special person whose work is loving the world."