The scary part of being an artist is knowing that what makes you a better artist can also kill you.

And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we’d meet there again.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

I need my eulogy to look better than my resume. I'm living for that.

She left, never to return. I planted a tree and a seed each time I thought of her. I grew a small forest and a large garden and had no one to give the orchids to.

Watching the summer close is like watching a good kid die for no apparent reason.

Trees still grow after letting dead things go.

Love is someone who will hold you through the mourning.

The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop when we do.