to split the very sea into ours and theirs." Border at the BeachAnd More White Sheets

From "Caleb's Crossing"--This is an excellent thought about family though it doesn't apply to me. I am lucky in my brothers."Now, of all times in my life, did I wish Caleb truly was my brother, rather than that selfish, imperious, weak-willed soul to whom fate had shackled me.

It's not a competition, it's a doorway.

Here I am," I say to the palm trees. "I can do this. Watch me.