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“Submerged, completely, in the swamp water of despair. We were needing the same thing, you and I, a temple in which to tuck away and disappear from the earth. To morn at the alter of our desolation…but, we had the children, so we could not. Could we have held on to each other? I have wondered. We did the best we could”

So fun and entertaining. Kept finding ways to listen to it more and see what happened next.

Cozy 💙❄️☃️

⭐️ 3.2?⭐️ this book is slower paced than some Emily Henry and that wasn’t my favorite. There were mainly the two characters with flashbacks and current timing chapters so it didn’t have a wide cast, but there was good character growth and the end does have some warm fuzzy vibes.

My new goal is to ask open ended questions as well as Phoebe does

I struggle with historical nonfiction. I struggle with longggg audio books (18+ hours).

That said, I learned new things, enjoyed his theology notes, and am interested in this story. I put it down at multiple points so I could indulge my interests with shorter and easier books, but am thankful to have learned from this one.

“If we are concerned with what's practical, the day will come when we will look back and it will be clear to us that there was nothing more practical than prayer, nothing more practical than perseverance, and nothing more practical than praising the triune God even when evil was pressing in on us.
Well discover that worship was the "ultimate
subversive activity" in a world of idolatry and materialism.'”