Teresa R. Funke

Whether the changes that are coming in your life will be unexpected or determined by your choices and actions, the wheels are in motion. The adventure has just begun.

One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory.

This is how hatred begins -- with a muffled laugh on a hot night and a knock on the door.

When we give ourselves permission to go wherever our outlandish thoughts take us, we feel that rush of creativity and excitement.

The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care if he sees them. They're tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my grandfather and my brother, and shame for my mistake. I figure I earned them.

The only difference between a grown-up's mistake and a child's is the size of the consequence.