My mother used to knit my mittens too big so they'd still fit me when I grew. I wore them and I'd look like what I wasn't yet. I feel that sometimes … - Andrea Gibson

Ever feel like the best of you is something you're still hoping to grow into?

What I know about living is that the pain is never just ours. Every time I hurt I know the wound is an echo, so I keep listening for the moment the grief becomes a window, when I can see what I couldn't see before.

Too much lives in a moment
to not feed it to the fire in the heart, slow.

who with a heart can stomach / how much they can stomach? / all your blood in the water / and i could still wade through, / and i will again and i will again / and i will again with everyone i lose. / what i want most is to live / the rest of my life desperately / wanting to live it.