Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer. - Sarah Dessen

Why?" I said, but I did it anyway. "Norman, you are way too into ceremony."

I was drowning in broad daylight and no one could tell.

I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her.