Patty

“there is something intriguing about knowing how things are going to turn out, but being constantly surprised about how they'll get there.”
― Jael McHenry, The Kitchen Daughter

“And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
― Zondervan Publishing, NIV, Books of the Bible

“I find the title How to Be Good. Curious, I open it up. I'm disappointed to find it's fiction.”
― Jael McHenry, The Kitchen Daughter

“What was unspoken between us, what need never be explained or said, was that nobody would ever love us again like our mothers did. Yes, we would be loved, by our fathers, our friends, our siblings, our aunts and uncles and grandparents and spouses--and our children if we chose to have them--but never would we experience that kind of unconditional, nothing-you-can-do-will-turn-me-away-from-you kind of mother love.”
― Melanie Gideon, Wife 22