All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

Saint wanted to ask what it was like, to lose the thing that defined you. But perhaps she knew: it left you someone else. A stranger you had no choice but to tolerate, and see each day and feel and fear.

“If you ever get the chance to make someone smile, or better yet, make someone laugh, then you take it. Each and every time,” Norma said.

If you learn from the times you go wrong, you can revel in the times you don’t.”

“When it comes to marriage, love is merely a visitor over a lifetime. Respect and kindness, they are the true foundations.

To love and be loved was more than could ever be expected, more than enough for a thousand ordinary lifetimes.