“Dad, one of my first memories is of sharing my worry with you about the space shuttle poking holes in the atmosphere and letting out all of Earth's air.”
“Take my love. One day share my life. Be my dearest, first on earth.”
“Lucy, take my love. One day share my life. Be my dearest, first on earth.”
“My dad had once told me, crimson-red deep in “the talk,” that with sons, all he had to worry about was one penis, but with a daughter, he had to worry about everyone else’s.”
“I lay for hour thinking about London, my old bedroom and the Dad-shaped hole in my life.”
“My first memory is of the smell of sunwarmed earth.”