Sherri

“...she knew that in all stories she must be left out-the life she had made for herself was a life of flight, of discarding the inessential and the essential alike, making use of the stolen pieces and memories, retreating to the lost moments of other people's lives.”
― Yiyun Li

“Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“Your heart’s voice is your true voice. It is easy to ignore it, for sometimes it says what we’d rather it did not—and it is so hard to risk the things we have. But what life are we living, if we don’t live by our hearts? Not a true one. And the person living it is not the true you.”
― Susan Fletcher, The Highland Witch

“I was there for every moment. It made me a better woman and a better person. I can't say that all the damage done by my original family doesn't still haunt me; it does. But my life would have been bereft of deeper meaning and experiences without marriage and motherhood.”
― Dr. Laura Schlessinger In Praise of Stay-at-home Moms