A Stranger at the Door (Rachel Marin Thriller, #2)

by Jason Pinter

That sometimes he felt like he had to be both a teacher and prison warden at the same time and that the system was broken for these kids. That there were higher expectations for teachers than parents. Parents could screw up their kids in any number of ways and never get called on it. But if a teacher made one mistake, no matter how small, their livelihood could be in jeopardy.”

How do you grieve for someone you could have loved but never got a chance to?”

“There’s no right or wrong way to grieve,” Serrano said. “Sometimes the grief itself honors their memory.”

Grief. I love the meaning behind this

“It’s easy to judge every decision you’ve ever made,” Serrano said, “because now you have perspective and time. At the time you make them, you don’t have those. But you can’t change the past, or the decisions that brought you where you are. And it doesn’t mean the bad things are necessarily your fault. I don’t really believe in fate. But I believe we do our best.”

Sometimes even the sad memories are worth remembering.