How's the job hunt going? I said. She sighed. I can't help laughing when people do stupid things, she said, so basically I'm unemployable.

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same”-

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.

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same