Jenny Valentine

I smiled back and I thoughthow incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn__ always see it.

I thought about having a proper room,breathing life into it, and nobody minding.

I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think that__ what you__ call a silver lining.

It's what you do when you grow up, apparently, face up to things you'd rather not and accept the fact that nobody is who you thought they were, maybe not even close.

Even when you__ lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.