Jo M

“The war, she saw, killed more than those whose families received telegrams.”
― Julie Berry, Lovely War

“The most ordinary mortal bodies are housed by spectacular souls.”
― Julie Berry, Lovely War

“Bond or not, I'm going to miss you until it hurts.”
― Jennifer Kropf, A Crown as Sharp as Pines

“I cried then, the great sobs wracking my whole body. I remembered the last time that I had wept, and how the little boy in my embrace had reached up awkwardly , and yet tenderly to brush away my tears " you did good, Teacher," he had whispered. And now the small boy had passed beyond- so young to journey on alone. But then I remembered that he hadn't traveled alone- not one step of the way, for as soon as the loving hands had released him there, another Hand had reached out to gently take him. I tried to visualize him entering the new Land , the excitement and eagerness shining forth on his face, the cheers rising from the shrill little voice. There would be no pain twisting his face now, no need to hold his head and rock back and forth. Joy and happiness would surround him. I could almost hear his words as he looked at the glories of heaven and gave the Father his jubilant ovation-" You did good, God; You did real good!”
― Janette Oke, When Calls the Heart