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“She giggled as she nodded for me to hit send, and I was in love with the sound of her laugh.”
― First and Forever
― First and Forever
“Maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m the problem. My mom called me hard to love when I was seven and the phrase always stuck with me even though she swore she didn’t mean it twenty minutes later”
― Half His Age
― Half His Age
“I feel closer to you in a way, to just talk to you, but Mom, I still feel so lost, because you’re still gone. I love you and I just wish you weren’t dead.”
― First and Forever
― First and Forever
“The way some women so willingly compromised every ounce of themselves in the name of building a life for themselves that they didn’t enjoy.”
― Yesteryear
― Yesteryear
“How much beauty you've missed. Because it really is beautiful: this future you prayed we would never get the chance to see. I think you'd like it if you gave it a chance. But that's something I've learned in the years since I left the ranch: you cannot change people who refuse to be changed”
― Yesteryear
― Yesteryear
Shirley’s 2025 Year in Books
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