Big events, small, mundane moments of the day–it doesn’t matter; the past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.

She always used to say that the past is a relentless parasite in its quest, feeding off of the senses, looking for anything that will trigger a memory–forever there to complicate the present, forever there to remind us that it will always be a piece of us. I never had a clue as to what she meant, until now.

The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets.

When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
Laura Miller - Butterfly Weeds

When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill.