Katie

“Stories don't end," he says. "They just turn into new beginnings." (pg. 123)”
― Lindsay Eagar, Hour of the Bees

“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. I can be received gladly or grudgingly, in big gulps or in tiny tastes, like a deer at the salt.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: Three Essential Prayers

“You served," said Mama quietly. "You did what needed to be done. That's what it means, Comfort. You did the right thing even when, somewhere deep inside you, you didn't want to. Because you knew, somewhere even deeper, that it was the right thing to do. And...by doing the right thing, you saved yourself as well.”
― Deborah Wiles, Each Little Bird that Sings