Heaven Adjacent

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

People come into our lives, she thought, and it’s not always a forever kind of thing, and not always meant to be. Not every deal is for keeps.

We’re at that age when we realize we have a few more wild oats left to sow.” “Speak for yourself,” Roseanna said, because she considered herself utterly oatless.

:-) Can one get so tired that you think you've run out of oats to sow. Haha.

Roseanna realized she had known that. Known it in some part of herself that knew things it rarely shared with the balance of herself.

Interesting how we can compartmentalize when we have to.