“I threw my hand over my mouth and blurted out the first best excuse I could come up with, “Morning breath!”

“I breath in and out through my mouth to feel the quiet. In. Out. Over and over. Until I fall asleep.”

“Wannagogardenwime?" I ask all in one breath. My eyes grow wide. What came over me? Why would I blurt that out like that? ~Elder”

“These are Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I am Tyler's mouth. I am Tyler's hands.”

“each day after class lets out,each morning before it begins, i sit at the school piano and make my hands work. in spite of the pain, in spite of the stiffness and scars. i make my hands play piano.i have practiced my best piece over and over till my arms throb.”

“Spider or gum? Spider or gum? I thought quickly trying to come up with a believable excuse when I blurted out, “I swallowed a spider!” What? I swallowed a spider? What the hell is wrong with me?!”