“After Megan's death, Tyler spiraled downward into an abyss of steely blankness, as if Megan were the only color in his life,… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
No one really can have any idea if it's luck or happenstance or timing or fate or the universe or just smart… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“But I suppose our childhoods are seeds inside of us that plant roots forever, even when we’re certain their life cycles have… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“...I realize that lessons are meant to be learned, honored even, or else you can spend your life running so far from… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“regret is just misplaced nostalgia. That you can look back fondly or even wistfully on pieces of your life and hound yourself… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“That's the thing," Jo says. "You think you know what you're in for. I mean, you tell yourself that, of course, it's… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
That you can look back fondly or even wistfully on pieces of your life and hound yourself with endless what-ifs, but nothing… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“And now here he was. With his love and his hope and, yes, his imperfections, that, in a few months if everything… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“life sometimes grants us second chances, and if they should fall upon you, if you should be lucky enough to be offered… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“Outside, with Labor Day having come and gone, summer is fighting a dying battle against the fall air. The leaves are hanging perilously on… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“The strangest thing about returning to an enclave that encapsulated your youth is that you feel like nothing should have changed. Like you still… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“I'd recognized it only recently. I wasn't sure if it was because she had changed or I had, but it didn't really matter. I… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“Happiness is what you choose, what you follow, not what follows you. These are the things I have seen, these are the things I… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“motherhood is like this: a series of tiny moments that add up to an enormous love, with lots of other moments of frustration and… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in every relationship when one of the parties senses its imminent demise. There's a moment of incredible clarity when your… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“I feel like I’m caught in time, caught in a perfect moment inside a snow globe that maybe I’d beg my mom for at… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“My spine shoots up straight like I'd been plugged into an eight-volt, and the mere sight of him literally causes my breath to leave… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“But I suppose our childhoods are seeds inside of us that plant roots forever, even when we’re certain their life cycles have long since… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
But what's regret anyway? Regret, I am learning these days, is a lot of things. But mostly, it's a slippery seed of longing, of… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“You have to know... What you have to know in all of this, through all of this, is that no matter how lost you… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“Mostly, people are who they are. But if you accept this about them, you can move forward and build from there—then, they can surprise… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
