Carole

“The mind will likely forget the traumatic event, but the body will remember.”
― Wally Lamb, The River Is Waiting

“From birth to age five, love them no matter what. From five to age fifteen, teach them as best you can. From fifteen on, be their friend because they will need that more than your unasked-for advice or guidance.”
― Mark T. Sullivan, All the Glimmering Stars

“You see, pain is physical. Suffering is mental. When you learn to end your suffering, when your eyes and your heart have truly opened, you see everything in life in a different light, even death.”
― Mark T. Sullivan, All the Glimmering Stars

“I found it strange that no word exists for a parent who loses a child. If children lose their parents, they are orphans. If a husband loses his wife, he’s a widower. But there’s no word for a parent who loses a child. I’ve come to believe that the event is just too big, too monstrous, too overwhelming for words. No word could ever describe the feeling, so we leave it unsaid.”
― Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers