Dad smiled. He put a big arm around me and pulled me to him, kissing the side of my head. “I don’t know what I believe, Hazel. I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.

“It's hard as hell to hold on to your dignity when the risen sun is too bright i…”

“And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and again as I l…”

“It's like we're in a snow globe and God decided he wanted to see a blizzard so …”

“You had been a paper boy to me all these years - two dimensions as a character …”