“The World Itself:When she held out her arms, the world itself wrapped around me & held me tight.”

“I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I'd see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger and I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days.”

“finally has figured out there aren't enough quiet little British films around to protect her from the real world ”

“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me.”

“Smaller World:I know he's not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.”

“Bits of the World:gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that her children can understand”

“Living MemoryI carry you with me into the world,into the smell of rain& the words that dance between people& for me, it will always be this way,walking in the light,remembering being alive together”