timeless

Firen didn__ waste any time setting up the meeting with Egnatious. The following day she was in such a rush to tell me about it that she burst into my room without knocking and found Andrew and me in an intimate and compromising position reminiscent of the game Twister. Also, I cannot confirm or deny if there was food involved. Let__ just say I toppled over in embarrassment, taking Andrew down with me in a great heap. Firen didn__ fare any better, as she nearly knocked herself out when she ran into the doorframe in an attempt to escape. We were both scarred for life, especially after Firen apologized for walking in on our __aked fun time,_ which was apparently what Joseph called it. There were some things people should never know, and that was one of them.

Gabby,_ Jenna cried. __t__ so horrible. I can__ believe this happened.___enna,_ I said in a soothing voice, ____ alive and okay. No worries.__he sniffled into the phone. __o, it__ not that.__ waited a beat. __hat?___he bridesmaid dresses are all wrong!_ she wailed.__ait a second,_ I said. __ou aren__ upset over my being dead for four days?___ knew you__ be fine,_ she explained, brushing off the subject. __ut these dresses? I don__ know what to do. They__e the wrong color, and they__e hideous!_ She went into a hysterical fit of tears.

We need the Fallen Legion,_ I said without preamble, trying to catch my breath after running after her.__nd I need an evil-proof bubble to put Jules in,_ Firen said dryly.__hat__l teach me to start off a conversation with a demand,_ I grumbled.

If more people understood how nice it is to have a sense of home that extends past our locked doors, past our neighbors' padlocks, to the local food co-op and library, the sidewalks busted up by old trees - if we all held home with longer arms - we'd live in a very different place...We wouldn't feel so alone, no matter the size of our houses or our bank accounts, no matter whether we had good health or congestive heart failure. We would begin to see that each moment presents an opportunity to relax, to notice that the wind has shifted and a storm is coming, or that our friend's toddler has decided to wear dinner instead of eating it. We would see that each minute counts for something timeless and, if we want, we all can find our way inside these big, tiny, moments.

We both must burn this midnight oil together. You__e just as new to me as I am you._ --Andrew

I knelt and locked the door. I locked the door locking the world and time outside. I stretched my body across the mattress and Saskia drew in close to me and placed her open hand on my chest, her mouth near my shoulder; her breath, my breath blew out the candle, and I held my lost Wanderess with tenderness until sweet sleep overcame us.

Unlike clocks, hours have no reverse motion..

That moment when this heart.. stops.. almost as if it never existed.When every.. breathe.. slows down.. almost as if you never ... needed as single breathe of airWhen time stops.. almost as if every second never mattered.In that moment... I'm infinite.In that moment... I am immortal.In that moment... I am Finally alive.

When a soothing wind blows gently love through the thistledown of expectations, hope may inveigle the future for timeless care and tenderness to be anchored in a bay of good luck. ("Happiness blowing in the wind" )