With the long hours of daylight in the Alaska summers, the gardens served up a cornucopia of amazing and extra-large produce.
If you must know, Carol, Barbara and I had a pity party.” “A what? You’re kidding, right?” He didn’t bother to hide his mocking grin. “Never mind.
Forgiveness is hard, and most people tend to hold on to their hurts, to take some kind of perverse satisfaction in them.
Once she had her mind set on something she became an unstoppable force, forging ahead.
Guide to Moving On. The first item on that list was: Don’t allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others.
Just being in his arms was like heaven; it felt like I was coming home.
Monica was deeply religious and had yet to distinguish the differences between faith and religion.
He was, without a doubt, the most masculine male Bailey had ever seen –.
Vero Beach,” she said. “That’s where Ruth’s class reunion is taking place.
Sam,” Beth said, as she placed her hand on his arm. Looking at him, her eyes were full of love. “This is the Christmas surprise I mentioned. That beautiful young girl with that gift for music is your daughter, Luci.
When I first learned that Paul had been killed, the grief had been all-consuming, and I didn’t think I would be able to go on. Yet life continues to move forward, and so have I, dragging from one day into the next until I found I could breathe normally.
I feel claustrophobic. I need more than a couple of hours’ light a day. I’m sick and tired of watching the sun set two hours after dawn. I need more light than this.
It’s not polite to invite yourself along.
A good friendship – like this one with Hallie – endured. It sustained you during times of crisis. It was there for you during the good times and the bad.
Addicted to the small comfort I felt when I centered myself and concentrated on creating something beautiful.
We get so busy that it’s easy to let some things slide. We can either pick them up again, or let them stay lost... I never thought about knitting like that, though.
You’re a lovely woman... and a beautiful person besides. You deserve happiness. Isn’t that what the Twenty Wishes are all about? Goin after the things you want in life. Places to see, people to meet, experiences to live. Don’t hold back now. Go for it!
Hold that for me.
Trying to discern what was different about them, she decided it was a new sense of life. They seemed to shimmer with it.
I’ve lived most of my life trying to please others. I don’t think I can do that anymore.