Cheryl Jarvis > Quotes

“Can any of us pinpoint the moment when we've lost our younger selves, lost joy in the simple things, stopped celebrating life? For years-decades-we work, raise a family, plant begonias. Then one day we wake up to chemotherapy and eulogies and nursing home visits and the realization that we haven't had a real vacation in years. And all we can do is ask: how did life get so hard?”
― Cheryl Jarvis, The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives

“In the past, Pracilla had always thought that the smarter and more successful you were, the more you didn't need other people, the more you could do it all yourself. Pracilla had never asked anyone for anything. Now she was starting to think differently. Maybe the smarter you were, the sooner you recognised you were in trouble and asked for help.”
― Cheryl Jarvis, The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives

“What I’ve also come to realize is that the more you hover over your children, the more empty the nest when they leave. And children have to leave.”
― Cheryl Jarvis, The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives

“CAN ANY OF US pinpoint the moment when we’ve lost our younger selves, lost joy in the simple things, stopped celebrating life? For years—decades—we work, raise a family, plant begonias. Then one day we wake up to chemotherapy and eulogies and nursing home visits and the realization that we haven’t had a real vacation in years. And all we can do is ask: How did life get so hard?”
― Cheryl Jarvis, The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives