Missi Watts

“The Truth: I was beloved of God. Finally I could stop trying to force someone or something else to fill that role.”
― Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

“We have practiced for death every night. Lying down in the dark and slipping into that place of nothingness between rest and dreams where we have no consciousness, no self, and anything could befall our vulnerable bodies. We have died each night. Or at least, we have laid down to die, and let go of everything in this world, hoping for dreams and morning.”
― Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

“She leaned down so she was looking right in my eyes. "You hear me, child. you can't use other folks' bad behavior to excuse your own. When we got a choice, we keep Jesus in our hearts and don't do nothing that would make him ashamed.”
― susan crandall, Whistling Past the Graveyard

“I hadn’t known that love could not be earned or bought or manipulated; it was just this—complete peace in the other’s presence.”
― Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis