Section 9: pages 96-107 Summary

In "Garage Sale" by Brian Andreas, she floats into the sky after that last big garage sale. The author hears her say nothing keeps her here anymore, so he is much more cautious about getting rid of stuff after that.

In "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say" by Quintin Prout, Miss Betty had shown them how to play hide and seek when they had been children. When the author hears she passed away, he counts backwards from ten and wonders why he had not looked for her sooner.

The author's father looks at the end of his life in "Journey" by Cathy Song. He lightens his load so he will be ready when the time comes.

In "What Came to Me" by Jane Kenyon, she takes the last piece of china from the box and grieves for...