“No matter how much and how often - 'things' will never compensate for loss or absence...no matter how guilty a parent feels.”
“I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you.”
“There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.”
“Anyway, it doesn't matter how much, how often, or how closely you keep an eye on things because you can't control it. Sometimes things and people just go. Just like that.”
“Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off...”
“How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered”