Hannah Sorenson’s Reviews > The Baxters Take One > Status Update

^”Exactly.” Chase beamed at them. “That’s how He likes to do things—at the last minute, so we’ll know for sure it wasn’t our brilliance or our great plans or our hard work that brought about the miracle. It’s Him.”^

^”I believe in you,” she told him. “And God loves you more than I ever could. So everything’ll be fine one way or another.”^

^”Dear Jesus,” she [Hayley] paused a long while, maybe shy or maybe struggling for the right words. “Thank You for miracles.”^

^Two tables were set up in the dining room, and between them, everyone had a seat. And though eight different conversations were almost always taking place at once, somehow the feel and tone of each one seemed to blend perfectly with the adjacent one.

As if the music and rhythm of life for the Baxter family was always and beautifully on key.^

^”Character is a long habit continued.” Plutarch.^

^Andi felt a batch of butterflies zip through her middle.^

Second book I’ve read today that has butterflies 🦋

^”She loves life.” Lisa smiled. “She can’t get enough.”

“But she needs to love the life God wants for her.”^