'“Keep your eyes on the stars. They won’t tell you what to do, but they’ll give you light to see by. They’ll get your heart and mind working together better than anything else I know of.”
Maybe so. But in that moment, my mind struggled to keep up with my heart, which was racing, racing upward."
Just...wanted to relish those words: "light to see by" and that glorious race when a "mind struggles" to "keep up with" an upwardly escalating heart. It leaves me feeling boundless and flying. Just beautiful.
I don’t have much to say about all of this sadness he is working through (And Nail for that matter) mostly because it is simply their raw emotion. I really resonate with Jackson thinking every possible permutation of what he could have done differently in vain
"This feverish conviction consumed me.” - Amen young Jackson.
Also what timing for Nail - looking for hope in anything, and then getting it in the form of Rita’s letter. I wonder how she would have responded to it a couple weeks earlier, or even a few months down the road. I wonder how much access to things Rita has to know when to send the letter, or if it was simply fortunate timing.
Man sooo many interesting questions. Jackson’s mom is likely alive, were her and Rita close? Companions of some sort in some kind of mission? Even if she isn’t alive, what was the extent of their relationship?
Also, really enjoy some of the star parallels to our own lives. This radiating “ripple” to remind ourselves how grateful we could be to still be alive when those close to us pass away, the idea of using proverbial anchor points like stars to help guide your path, etcetera.
"She made me shower, which I hated, because it’s hard to get away from your thoughts in the shower. It’s hard to get away from the howling, hollowing pain."
I don't hit my TBR pile as often as I should; but, as long as there is prose like that, I'll keep coming back. fyi. ;-)
'“Keep your eyes on the stars. They won’t tell you what to do, but they’ll give you light to see by. They’ll get your heart and mind working together better than anything else I know of.”
Maybe so. But in that moment, my mind struggled to keep up with my heart, which was racing, racing upward."
Just...wanted to relish those words: "light to see by" and that glorious race when a "mind struggles" to "keep up with" an upwardly escalating heart. It leaves me feeling boundless and flying. Just beautiful.
FINALLY! RITA!
I don’t have much to say about all of this sadness he is working through (And Nail for that matter) mostly because it is simply their raw emotion. I really resonate with Jackson thinking every possible permutation of what he could have done differently in vain
"This feverish conviction consumed me.” - Amen young Jackson.
Also what timing for Nail - looking for hope in anything, and then getting it in the form of Rita’s letter. I wonder how she would have responded to it a couple weeks earlier, or even a few months down the road. I wonder how much access to things Rita has to know when to send the letter, or if it was simply fortunate timing.
Man sooo many interesting questions. Jackson’s mom is likely alive, were her and Rita close? Companions of some sort in some kind of mission? Even if she isn’t alive, what was the extent of their relationship?
Also, really enjoy some of the star parallels to our own lives. This radiating “ripple” to remind ourselves how grateful we could be to still be alive when those close to us pass away, the idea of using proverbial anchor points like stars to help guide your path, etcetera.
But let’s get to some ADVENTURE BABYY
"She made me shower, which I hated, because it’s hard to get away from your thoughts in the shower. It’s hard to get away from the howling, hollowing pain."
I don't hit my TBR pile as often as I should; but, as long as there is prose like that, I'll keep coming back. fyi. ;-)