“Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?”
“Look, it’s not ever going go stop hurting. That’s the reality. But after a while, it’ll get…easier. You’ll get used to living with it.”
“Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?”
“Did you ever stop to think that God is going to be as pleased to have you with Him in Heaven as you are to be there?”
“It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.”
“Have you ever gotten to a point where you looked at your own life, thought "Fu** this," and reached for the economy-sized Valium? Ah, suicide. So dark and seductive.”