"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."

from The Wonder Years

Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, "forget it," or "it will pass," or "it could be worse" - all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, "It is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process."

Peter Koestenbaum

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

Robert Frost

"Then summer fades and passes and October comes. We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure."

Thomas Wolfe

"Once you've seen your face on a bottle of salad dressing, it's hard to take yourself seriously."

Paul Newman, Actor/Philanthropist/Race Car Driver/Activist 1925-2008

Sunny days seem to hurt the most
I feel you everywhere I go
I see your smile, I see your face
I hear you laughing in the rain

Still can't believe you're gone

God knows how I miss you
Just knowing no one could take your place
Sometimes I wonder

Who you'd be today

Would you see the world?
Would you chase your dreams?
Settle down with a family?

Some days the sky's so blue
I feel like I can talk to you
And I know it might sound crazy

Kenny Chesney, Who You'd Be Today

You Left Me

You left me, sweet, two legacies,—
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;

You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.

Emily Dickinson

What is lovely never dies,
But passes into other loveliness,
Star dust or sea-foam, flower, or winged air.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich