Nancy Menchaca

“It takes a long time to learn how to see the world as a place where people aren’t doing things to you. My husband didn’t set out to break my heart, or Ellie’s. He was just acting on his own desires, living his own story. I hope I’ve become someone who doesn’t get angry when others are just trying to get by. I hope I can be the kind of person who looks toward forgiveness first.”
― Julie Clark, The Last Flight

“all, ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Mustard Seed

“happiness was not some elusive force that only showered down upon the deserving, but a choice we all make despite the fact that life is hard.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“Children don’t spend time trying to decide why their parents are unhappy, but parents think about their children all the time.”
― Barbara O'Neal, The Lost Girls of Devon