Writing is the coloring in of all the gray matter in our heads, it is the lift and glow and warmth that make the day that much more tolerable. and if at the end of the day we have only managed to bring a large collection of thoughts to a very small family of listeners, we will still count our hopeful golden fortunes, one by one, begging them to reveal more of their story. Friday, February 01, 2008. Silent in a reverie that will come to pass.

Monday, November 24, 2008. Bryan, Cristen, Kendra and Katie had a great time trick or treating together. Katie was a pea pod for her very first Halloween! Cristen was the farmer that grew the pea pod, Bryan was a gangster and Kendra was a zombie mermaid! We made a haul on candy and have been having fun eating it. We dumped all the candy out and sorted it on Halloween night. Mommy loves the chocolate! Posted by The Extine Family. We are so proud of our Katie Girl! Katies .

Under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion. This is the me that you know. Wednesday, December 20, 2006. I wrote this for you. I am not a poet. These words just come out this way. In the form of phrases, questions, fragments, the sorts of things that will do justice to you. My heart skips and my stomach knots. You just stand there with your hands positioned ever-so-carefully in your pockets.

But the greatest of these is Love. Monday, February 9, 2009. Even if the alone people are alone by choice. Saturday, February 7, 2009. The broken clock is a comfort. It helps me sleep tonight. Maybe it can stop tomorrow. From stealing all my time. And I am here still waiting. Though I still have my doubts. I am damaged at best.