push aside the deeper meaning. Before this year she wasn’t even sure she understood what Christmas was really about. It wasn’t just about a baby in a manger, although that was what the world tried to limit it to. It was a day that had begun
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“How can they know where they’re going if they don’t know where they come from?” Grace interrupts.”
― The Summer Cottage
― The Summer Cottage
“Sunsets are like snowflakes. No one is the same, my mom said. We miss too many of them rushing around. They are celebrations because every day is an accomplishment, a blessing of epic magnitude that we all take for granted. No matter how difficult a day has been, a sunset proves that there is still hope and good things can happen tomorrow. See how slowly they seem to take, and then how quickly they fade? my dad asked. Sunsets are really metaphors for life, which is why we should slow down to enjoy them. Which is why I always want you to appreciate them.”
― The Summer Cottage
― The Summer Cottage
“Change is inevitable. Forgetting is inexcusable.”
― The Summer Cottage
― The Summer Cottage
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