Calvary

“In parenting, you don’t get a reward for showing up for participation. Presence, attunement, and nurturing were as necessary as the air we breathe.”
― Rae Anderson, The Saxophonist

“If that’s what you want, you ask me for it the same way you asked for my hand in marriage. I love you, Tyrion. While it would kill me to walk away, I’d do it because life moved on in my absence. I won’t beg you, and I will never keep you where you don’t want to be. Just let me be a mother to my child. I stayed alive for both of you, but I will forever live for her.”
― Kimberly Brown, If You Love Me

“giver often didn’t locate fellow givers. Often, we attracted takers. Often, we gave until there was nothing left. Often, the love we desired—the love we gave was taken for granted. This time, I was giving my love to a giver.”
― Rae Anderson, The Saxophonist

“Time is a construct of something we’re incapable of controlling and can barely comprehend. Time doesn’t exist. Time never was. Past, present, and future—all are the same—occurring all at once.”
― Rae Anderson, Letters to Prime: Prisoner 926179