“Family does not mean people with the same last name or the same DNA. It means people who care about you, who you trust, who you care about--people you can count on.” RelationshipsFamilyFriends Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
“Worry and life have kept her thin- you can stay thin lifting sick and dying people, driving to the hospital, and planning funerals.” LifeDyingThin Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
“For if people could see- if women especially could see- what is real and true and how the elegant possession of what is in each of our individual hearts is what matters more than anything.” TruthWomen Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
“She is sure that tomorrow is not guaranteed and that too many women and men wait so long to say something, feel something, or go someplace. Too damn long” WaitingTomorrowLiveLive In The Moment Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
“Death...does this to people. It slaps the living upside the head and it makes us ponder and exchange events and feelings that might stay hidden.” Page 208 Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
“The world is full of promise and places and people and experiences that are dying to be explored.” PeopleWorldDyingPromise Author:Kris Radish
“Not going back is fine. Not going back but occasionally visiting might be best. Not going back but remembering so you don’t see the same view twice. Not going back so you can turn a new page, write a new chapter, develop an entire new list. Not going back so you can stretch and grow and see yourself in a light that you never knew existed. Not going back so that you can fly. Fly.” WritingLightMightRememberTurnsGrowsViewsFinePagesListsChaptersVisiting Author:Kris Radish
“There has to be a moment when you choose happiness, when you stand up, raise your face towards the sun, and just grab joy and put it in a place where no one can ever take it away from you.” MomentsFacesJoySunRaisesYour FaceYou ChooseAway From You Book:The Shortest Distance Between Two Women Source: The Shortest Distance Between Two Women
“Sisters-the ones we share last names with and the ones we choose-are the lining of every woman's soul.” SoulLastsNamesShare Author:Kris Radish
“I think sometimes I think too damn much. I worry about this and that and everything else and then I wake up and four more years have slipped right out the back door.” ThinkingYearsSometimesWorryFourDoorsWake UpDamnBack Doors Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
“Put your hand on your heart to keep it from flying off to the lovely magical literary island Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows have created in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. This novel is a delightful mix of fine writing, powerful emotions, glorious settings and amazing characters who deal with life in a way that will have readers falling in love on every single page.” WayWritingHeartCharacterHandsFallDealsPowerfulEmotionNovelFineReaderPagesFalling In LoveLovelyFlyingSettingSettingsIslandsGloriousMaryPieDelightfulPotatoesAnniePowerful Emotions Author:Kris Radish
“Once," Balinda begins softly, "when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there in front of us. I watched as the nurse touched his face and reassured him and I could not believe they were being so nice to him.""What happened?" Jill asked."My mother rose up, took my arm, gripped it as if she was a weight lifter and said, 'he was a beautiful baby once and his mother loved him'.” IfsBelieveSaidBeautifulFacesMotherRoomsNiceHappenedDyingFrontsBabyArmsShotsWeightRoseTouchedNurseMurdererEmergenciesEmergency RoomBeautiful Baby Book:Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Source: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral