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I would never want you or the children to try and cut out a part of your lives, especially thinking you had to do it to make room for me. There’s more than enough love to go around in this family.

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An abandoned goat barn seemed like sort of a depressing place to start a marriage, but she had said she would marry Tag anywhere, … At least in the goat barn they would have shelter from the elements. And she had a feeling that once she was looking into her fiancé’s eyes, anything more than that would be wasted on her anyway.

She was most talented actor we had, but she always asked for bit parts or character roles so she wouldn’t have to miss so much time with her family.

Tag imagined Iris taking on bigger roles, making name for herself, even conquering Broadway. “She could have done anything she wanted,” Tag said.

Jess’s two-word reply said more about his wife than Tag could have imagined. “She did.”

It was funny how the moment she focused on helping someone else, her own hurt faded and her heart lifted.

“Hi, Charlotte. Are you actually out of ice cream?”

“Yes,” she said, still unable to believe it.

“I’d say I can help you restock, but honestly it’s probably better marketing if people see how popular it was,”

Clever flavor names - JOAN OF peppermint bARK, vANILLA EARHART, strawberries and sensibility (for Jane Austen the cow), radium raisin (for Marie Curie the cow) …

A local ice cream shop also incorporates their farm cow names - but just as possessives for straightforward flavors (Duchess’s Vanilla, Bea’s Banana Chocolate Chunk, etc.).

If you start feeling like you’re going to fall again, don’t reach for me or even for the wall like you did before. Reach for your own knees. When you do that, you’re bringing in your center of gravity, and you’re naturally balancing yourself, okay?

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he was ten years older than she was

you know how Lake Champlain has a lake monster called Champ?

our Little Bear Lake has a monster too. His name is Barry.

Barry’s better than Champ, Because he leaves presents.

You must really be serious about your no-guys rule.

Very serious, I need a break.

You’re still hurting?

No, I’m actually feeling more like myself right now than I have in years.

So why not drop the moratorium on dating?

Because I feel better, I think a little time off might help me recalibrate my radar.

“Why are you down there on the ground, Charlotte?” Chance asked.

“I want to get the cows’ faces,” she said. “And I want to show how big they are, too. That will be easier from below.”