Amanda [darjeeling_and_jade]’s Reviews > The Gifts We Keep > Status Update

“I know you were unhappy,” I say softly. “I’m glad you’re not
that person anymore.”

He looks away, at the green grass and Mother’s perennials. “I
don’t think I’m anyone but that person. I think what you are is
what you are, then and now and forever onward.” Henry is far
away, beside me, and his voice sounds low and reverent. “We don’t
change, not really, not the parts of us that matter.”