Status Updates From Loved and Missed

“That sense we had that we understood each other, without having to say anything, that we knew how to be careful, just full of care, full of caring. That the little things that made us sad also made us strong, were our power.”

“He was good company. And it was hard for me to feel I was stealing from anyone when there was so much loss in the air.”

“I had never made a distinction between books and life before, I always thought it was the same, but now I wasn’t sure. How had I not realized reading was a way of shutting your eyes to reality, of shrinking things and hiding?”