Emily

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”
― Anne Frank

“It appears our Heavenly Father in his wisdom does by loss and disappointment wean us gradually from this world and its attractions.”
― Dr. Thomas Mutter

“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

“One unexpected bonus of motherhood is the visual beauty. I am enchanted by the sights of my children, the tones of skin, the clear eyes, the grace, the curve of a hand and cheek, to see them racing across the back lawn in a certain slant of light.”
― Jaroldeen Edwards, Things I Wish I'd Known Sooner: Personal Discoveries of a Mother of Twelve