“You might think sitting with someone who is dying means you will be having big conversations about the meaning of life,” a hospice chaplain had advised me. “Wrong! Sometimes, all that’s called for is to just show up and watch Jeopardy! together.”

‎”You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.”

“Grief is the price we pay for love.”

“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.”

“A major perk of death is that you don’t have to clean up after yourself. If you can’t muster the courage to deal with your three storage units, leave the contents to your heirs. Mention in the will that there’s something valuable in one of them.”

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”