Why hadn’t she believed she could do it? As soon as she asked the question, she knew the answer. Fear. Fear of failure. Fear of not being perfect. Fear was at the root of her problems. The bedrock of...
When she died, what would matter except that she loved and was loved in return?
Treating others with kindness, consideration, and respect was timeless. All should be aware of how their actions affect others in their daily lives. Marriage
Treat your family like guests and your guests like family.
The butterfly is the totem of transformation and change and a symbol of courage.
Sully's brooding blue eyes sparked to life when they kissed, like his truck when he fired the engine.
Stop what you’re doing and observe your children! Lovie wanted to say to the young mother. Quick, set aside your chores and turn your head. See how they laugh with such abandon? Only the very young ca...
People give pain, are callous and insensitive, empty and cruel . . . but place heals the hurt, soothes the outrage, fills the terrible vacuum that these human beings make.’ She put her hands on Dora’...
Luz felt as though all the millions of butterflies that were flying on this same journey south were fluttering in her stomach.
I wouldn’t be worth my salt as a mother if I didn’t pass on the family recipes.
I still have my talent. My life. You’re the one who told me not to live in fear. I’m listening to you. If I don’t act on my instincts, then I’m afraid to act on what I know is right. And this is right...
Dawn tore at the seam of night, pulling the blackness back a little farther with each passing minute.
Consider the turtle. Perchance you have worried, despaired of the world, meditated the end of life, and all things seem rushing to destruction; but nature has steadily and serenely advanced with the t...
But she had the chance now to make things right, at least for her daughter. She may have done a lot of things wrong, but the decision to give up her child would be the one responsible, unselfish act o...
Tears filled her eyes. Seeing the mother and her young children brought back images that were both joyous and heartbreaking. The years had flown by too swiftly, slipping away like sand through her fin...
Rather, think of etiquette as a philosophy of living and enjoying life with grace, compassion, and respect for others.
Life is a series of risks. Trust, and you’ll sometimes be hurt. Love, and someone will die. Life is joy and pain. If you don’t risk the pain, you lose out on the joy. This was Seth’s final lesson to u...
My story will change, and so will yours. We’ll just go on changing, making a new set of choices, then living them out. That’s what life is anyway, just a long string of choices.
But strength without flexibility makes one hard. Come September, when those fierce winds blow in from the sea, those hardwoods crack, splinter and fall. But the pliant palms are resilient and they ben...