Tangled in Text

“She’d memorized the verse about peace that passes all understanding, but all she felt was the weight of depression.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

“It was freeing in a way, to have a family built on love by choice and not relational obligation.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

“If the story of my life could say one thing, I’d hope it would show the importance of venturing into the highways and the hedges to let invisible people know they’re seen and loved. To invite them in.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

“When you show people a picture of a circle with a small wedge cut out of it, their eyes first go to the missing piece every time. It is easy among the doctors, the needles, and the tubes to lose sight of the beauty that was. Despite our pain, our fear, and our very real loses, we would do well to think about our many past blessing with our loved one who is now diminished. There is so much more to who we were and who we are than just the missing piece.”
― Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift