Tammy

“We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“Life does not seem to present itself to me for my convenience, to box itself up nicely so I can write about it with wisdom and a point to make before putting it on a shelf somewhere.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent money to the Red Cross, you registered people to vote, you marched in rallies, stood in vigils, picked up litter.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations, and our hearts get broken and out kids do scary things and our parents get old and don’t always remember to put pants on before they go out for a stroll. I don’t know why it’s not more like it is in the movies, why things don’t come out neatly and lessons can’t be learned when you’re in the mood for learning them, why love and grace often come in such motley packaging.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith