"I hold in my arms a moving heaven, who holds within her all of my hope and all of my happiness. Safely enshrined within her slender frame are meaning and purpose an angel would envy."

"As sure as God laid the stars in the sky for light, He laid love in me to make Lacie shine."

"Te amo, Father,” she whispers. “Te amo in aeternum."

"United in Our Father’s favor, we carry infinite love within us just as we always have, fearlessly now, into a brand new day."

"My chest swells immensely tighter as Heaven’s hands cover me. Her lashes fall and her mouth parts as she feels skin that aches with long-deferred need that knows only her name."