What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind – a trail made of stripped off clothing, orphaned shoes, tiny bright plastic game pieces, and nostalgia – and who hands back each of these when its needed?

What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind – a trail made of stripped off clothing, orphaned shoes, tiny bright plastic game pieces, and nostalgia – and who hands back each of these when its needed?

– Jodi Picoult –

Vanishing Acts

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