“ If you have friends and family who love you unconditionally - you truly have everything! Lindsey Rietzsch
“ I can be anything I want to be. Just wait and you will see. Only time will tell what I will be. Jason J. Greenaway
“ The black mother perceives destruction at every door, ruination at each window, and even she herself is not beyond her own suspicion. She questions whether she loves her children enough- or more terri… Maya Angelou
“ I needed to know who should get the best of my energy: my boys or a company that asked me to speak for them. I needed to know what matters. And the image of that man in his tuxedo was all I needed. Yo… Shauna Niequist
“ In that moment? I knew you were sent to me, that I'd been given nothing from the people in my life, but I think from God, or whoever is in charge, I got you. Debra Anastasia
“ When you have done all that you can do, A true Mother will always stick by you. You may think sometimes that she is rude. She has to be because this world can be crude. Carl Busby Sr
“ I was strong from losing them, maybe, but any goodness in me came from having them." (p. 124) Dan Gemeinhart
“ Do you know what I remember? When [my father] read to me. Stupid things, dragons and heroes. He wouldn’t turn a page until I reached over and took his hand. That big man made every step of the story m… Aveline Valen
“ Have I added to their building blocks, shoring them up with strength and their own magnificence? Have I shown them enough color? Did I let them have enough ice cream and leave them alone enough withou… Tessa Kiros
“ I've remembered that most of life is about small, essential connections, so unobtrusive, so elastic, that you scarcely realize they're actually holding you together. The big ones-the great, grand emot… Sharon Shinn
“ Suddenly it seemed to me that I looked back from a great distance on that smile and saw it all again - the smile and the day, the whole sunny, sad, funny, wonderful day and all the days that we had sp… Jetta Carleton
“ Lord, I pray that you will let my talent bring JOY and BEAUTY to a world that sometimes is dark and discouraging. Jennifer Allwood
“ Remind me, Lord, of why I create things and that YOU ... you are the best of artists, put these gifts in me to share with the world. Jennifer Allwood
