First Phone Call from Heaven

by Mitch Albom

birth, a couple engaged, a tragic accident on a late-night highway—most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of ringing.

There are two stories for every life; the one you live, and the one others tell.

So often, we push away the voices closest to us. But once they’re gone, we reach for them.

When love dries in a marriage, the children become mortar for the bricks. When the children leave, the bricks just sit atop each other.