If You Hold A Bird Too Tightly,

It's Funny How When You're Little, You Miss All The Little Lies. They Float Right Past You, But You Don't Wonder About Them Much. For A Long Time, You Think This Is Just Something Adults Still Do After Being Kids - Pretend.

Tragedy Had Sent Me Headlong Into Reality. All The Things I Had Seen Before Now Looked Different, Even Nature.

I Never Realized That The Blue Sky I Saw Was Not The Soft, Nurturing Sky Of Spring, But The Cold, Chilling, Lonely Sky Of Winter

...for Everything Can Come To Those Who Have The Desire,the Drive, The Dedication, And The Determination." V.c.andrews

You've Got To Learn Something From Every Defeat In Life Or Life Will Defeat You.