Visibility isn’t the same as influence. You can be present in the room and still feel invisible in the conversation.

There was a circle in Maria Burns’ yard where grass wouldn’t grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.

Julie allowed her daughter’s spirit ‘to shine’ when she went on to write a book, A Song For Jenny, which was adapted into a ...