I still remember the day the world took you back & there was never time to thank you for the thousand scattered moments you left behind to watch us while we slept.
(~Brian Andreas, Story People)

We sat side by side in the morning light & looked out at the future together.
(~Brian Andreas, Story People)

It was a day filled with the glow of ordinary things & we passed them quietly from hand to hand for a long time & someone said she had picked a perfect day to be born & I think all of us felt the same.
(~Brian Andreas, Story People)

I never imagined that first
time I danced with you
would bring me here,
to this exact moment, where
everything I do, even sitting
quietly breathing
is a dance with you.
(~Brian Andreas, Story People)

I will always remember the way you’d laugh & clap your hands watching us play & then later, before bed, you’d gather us in your arms & whisper, Have you ever seen a world so perfect?
(~Brian Andreas, Story People)

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it. 

(~Marilynne Robinson)

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. 

(~Sarah Williams)