Crystal Harmon

“We sometimes think the size of our audience is in direct proportion to the impact we can have, but Mary didn’t run to the town square. She started within her own family circle, and that’s often our most important congregation, the people we love, those closest to us, because they get an up-close look at our faith and how we choose to live it in the most practical ways. This includes laundry and grocery runs and paying bills and cleaning up after the dog—the real nitty-gritty that tests our patience.”
― Shannon Bream, The Women of the Bible Speak

“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there’s always someone who’s freezing.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“What does it take to be a good parent? Not much. Just everything. Absolutely everything.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Sometimes people have to be allowed to have something to live for in order to survive everything else.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You