When the Moon Is Low

Only as an adult can a child imagine his parent as a whole person, as a husband, a brother, or a son. Only then can a child see how his parent fits into the world beyond four walls.

As children inch their way into adolescence, the parent changes. He is an authority, a source of answers, and a chastising voice. Depending on the day, he may be resented, emulated, questioned, or defied.

It takes a lifetime to learn your parents. For children, parents are larger than life. They are strong arms that carry little ones, warm laps for sleepy heads, sources of food and wisdom. It’s as if parents were born on the same day as their children, having not existed a moment before.

in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

To be around family is to feel the possibility of growing roots again.

Were it not for my children, I would be. For them, I cannot be finished yet

holds her tongue because she knows words mean nothing, accomplish nothing.

N ENTIRE LIFETIME CAN CHANGE IN ONE AFTERNOON. THE rest of the world can continue on, unaware of a quiet, solitary cataclysm occurring a few feet away

Trust with caution and don’t get discouraged.

Fate will make things right in the end, though only after the work has been done, the tears have been shed and the sleepless nights have been endured.