I think that is why we stay close to our families, no matter how neurotic the members, how deeply annoying or dull- because when people have seen you at your worst, you don’t have to put on the mask as much.

“I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I…”

“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and …”

“I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.”

“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are …”