Stella Marie

“I may not be like the women who came before me, but there are some things that are the same. I want a husband and babies— plural—and if you don't, that's a problem for me.”
― Georgia Cates, Beauty from Surrender

“Today I lay at your feet the man I've been so I may become the man you need me to be: your husband. Your lover. Your best friend. A father to our children. I promise to cherish and respect you, to care for and protect you, to comfort and encourage you, and stay with you for all eternity. I surrender my all to you this day and every one hereafter.”
― Georgia Cates, Beauty from Surrender

“Every song I write from here on out will be about Jack Henry. That's how our tale will go on and on forever—through my music. He will always be every song I sing”
― Georgia Cates, Beauty from Surrender

“The cab moves for a moment but then I see the blurry, glowing red lights through the downpour against my face and heavy lens of tears covering my eyes. The cab's brake lights. The car has stopped, as have I-and then I see the back door open.
It's my Jack Henry.
He gets out of the cab and stands in the heavy rain looking back at me. I don't know how-because my body has turned to mush-but I'm off my knees and running toward him.
...I touch his face because I can't believe he's real. "You sort of have a beard. Almost. I love it. It's sexy.”
― Georgia Cates, Beauty from Surrender