Nancy Mccormick

“Many times I wondered why my mom continued to survive, why her body pressed on without her in it, why we couldn’t let this vibrant, beautiful woman go with dignity instead of acting as bystanders to her decline. I’ve learned our culture is not necessarily one of compassion. We champion those who suffer, even while we don’t want to suffer ourselves.”
― Maggie Downs, Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime

“I was so afraid of you. Of how much I missed you and how much I loved you and how much I failed you.”
― Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

“It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“I . . . wish you . . . enough . . . ,” she whispers, sounding exhausted, then closes her eye. “Enough sun to light up your days, enough rain that you appreciate the sun. Enough joy to strengthen your soul, enough pain that you can appreciate life’s small moments of happiness, enough meetings that you can . . . say a farewell . . .”
― Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book