““You know," she said finally, "I only get upset because I want you to have everything I didn't." "The moon and more," I said, and she nodded. This was our thing, from the days before my dad, Amber, and Margo came into the picture, the days I didn't even really remember. But she'd told me often of a book she read aloud every night when I was a baby, about a other bear and her little cub who won't go to sleep. What if I get hungry? he asks. I'll bring you a snack, she tells him. What if I'm thirsty? I'll fetch you water. What if I get scared? I'll order all the monsters away. Finally he asks, What if that's not enough? What if I need something else? And she replies, Whatever you need, I will find a way to get it to you. I will give you the moon, and more.””
