I finally got him inside and sat him down. I told him Cameron was just another flower the Lord wanted to pick and put in his flower bed.

I told Thad the Lord is good because, think about it, he took Cameron to heaven but he didn't leave you childless. On the very same day, he gave you another son. It wasn't a girl. He gave you another son.

He said the doctors had done all they could. I said, 'What do you mean, all they could?' I just couldn't believe it, couldn't believe he was dead. Our baby was gone.

For a long time this was the best-kept secret in Arizona. It sat here and did nothing except be pretty.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

He would pore by the hour, o'er a weed or a flower, / Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower.