Marcee Feddersen

“Only once, early on, did Claude wonder, “Carmy?” “Yes, dear?” “Will you love me even if I keep wearing a dress?” “I will love you even if you wear a dress made out of puppies.” Carmelo nuzzled his neck, and he giggled. “I will love you even if you wear a hat made out of toe cheese.” Claude wrinkled his nose. “You will?” “Of course.” “How come?” “’Cause I’m your grandma. That’s what grandmas are for.” “Loving you no matter what you wear?” “Loving you no matter what.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

“I wish they knew how hard it is to love a child you can’t find. You love her for everything she was. Everything she wasn’t. Everything she might never get to be.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side

“This was the magic of books, the curious alchemy that allowed a human mind to turn black ink on white pages into a whole other world.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“Doesn’t writing these cards make you think of how someone might sum up your life? If two hundred years from now someone made a story card of it. What would it say?”
― Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah