“At a certain point, unabashed optimism becomes delusional insanity.”

“She was getting worse, but I knew that I had to stand by her. I knew the type of woman she really was and I needed to find a way to help her find herself. She didnt give up on me when I hit bottom,...”

“I could feel the tears streaming down my facein some kind of frenzied competition with the rain. At first, I tried to brush the tears away, but I finally let them take their course, unabated.”

“I think weve all lost our minds a bit. It sounded like she was fighting back tears.”

“Then again, I had become a disappointment. Its easier to find fault with a disappointment.”

“I was good at fabricating the truth when necessary to protect someone, even myself.”

“A word mother, means a world to me.”

“Maa" The only word that holds power to give you strength when you are in pain.”

“STAINSWith red clay between my toes,and the sun setting over my head,the ghost of my mother blows in,riding on a honeysuckle breeze, oh lord,riding on a honeysuckle breeze.Her teeth, the keys of a ...”

“Abbie would stop in her work and utter a prayer for him,and, sent as it were from the bow of a mother's watchful care, bound by the cord of a mother's love, the little winged arrow on its flight mu...”

“When you look into your mothers eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.”

“? Life is all about relationships and what actually happens when people relate, when people understand each other. To see each other for who they are, not what we want or expect of them. Margaret B...”