⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚  "When I was a kid, my mom constantly invented games. The Quiet Game. The Who Can Make Their Cookie Last Longer? Game. A perennial favorite, The Marshmallow Game involved eating marshmallows while wearing puffy Goodwill jackets indoors, to avoid turning on the heat. The Flashlight Game was what we played when the electricity went out."

⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚  "You know me, Maxine. I always land on my feet."

⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚  "I hadn't allowed myself to self-destruct when my mom died."