What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped off clot — Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped off clot — Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped off clot — Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped off clot — Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped off clot — Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
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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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