Starting Over

"Now it was time for him to move out. She wasn't there, so he must go for both of them. It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

As for the terrors ahead--for he did not fool himself that they were all behind him--well, you just have to stand up to your fear and not let it squeeze you white."

--from Bridge to Terabithia a novel for young readers by Katherine Paterson, Winner of the 1978 John Newbery Medal

It's been a rough week.