Ain’t nothing worse to a mama than losing her baby—

— Andrew Galasetti

As the Mississippi snaked and their old home slipped further away, perhaps Samuel had finally left the curse behind.

— Andrew Galasetti

Be careful how close you get to someone... It just ends up hurting more than not having no one to love to begin with.

— Andrew Galasetti

Do good and be a good person because that’s just what the Lord expects. There just ain’t nothing special about being and doing good. It’s what the Lord expects…

— Andrew Galasetti

Do whatever you must do to protect your children and wife.

— Andrew Galasetti

He says that we must protect our families no matter what. No matter what we got to do to protect them.

— Andrew Galasetti

Mamas are always crying about how one day they see you as a baby, and the next morning, they see you grew up.

— Andrew Galasetti

No child should ever be too sad to play.

— Andrew Galasetti

Papas should be loving their children so much that they cry when they have gone. That’s what papas are supposed to do.

— Andrew Galasetti

Samuel finally understood the sound of the wind after all these years: The winds were a chorus of the prairie’s ever-present heartaches.

— Andrew Galasetti