“Everybody has a home team: It's the people you call when you get a flat tire or when something terrible happens. It's the people who, near or far, know everything that's wrong with you and love you anyways. These are the ones who tell you their secrets, who get themselves a glass of water without asking when they're at your house. These are the people who cry when you cry. These are your people, your middle-of-the-night, no-matter-what people.” PeopleKnowsMatterHomeHappensNightHouseWaterSecretTeamMiddleLove YouCryTerribleAnd LoveAskingNo Matter WhatGlassesFlatsTireMiddle Of The NightFlat TiresHome Team Author:Shauna Niequist
“Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter's deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, warmth itself. The leaves as they spark into wild color just before they die are the world's oldest performance art, and everything we see is celebrating one last violently hued hurrah before the black and white silence of winter.” WorldGivingFirstsArtUseLastsNightDiesFallBlackWhiteSilenceFireTreeStreetsColorGoldPerformancesFilledWinterSmellNostalgiaCelebrateFlamesKitchenApplesAutumnWarmthSparksBlack And WhiteHarvestOrangeSauceAmberSquashCinnamonPerformance ArtCiderRoasting Author:Shauna Niequist
“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or your dancing shoes. Pull out your camera or your computer or your pottery wheel. Today, tonight, after the kids are in bed or when your homework is done, or instead of one more video game or magazine, create something, anything. Pick up a needle and thread, and stitch together something particular and honest and beautiful, because we need it. I need it. Thank you, and keep going.” NeedsDoneWould BeKidsTodayTogetherBeautifulArtistNightGamesSecretHonestParticularBedComputerLatePicksCamerasDancingShoesScaredSingersVideoPainterMagazinesWheelsTonightKeep GoingThreadNeedlesHomeworkStripesFlutesLate NightPotteryStitchesPaintbrushNeedle And Thread Author:Shauna Niequist
“Many of the most deeply spiritual moments of my life haven't happened just in my mind or in my soul. They happened while holding my son in the middle of the night, or watching the water break along the shore, or around my table, watching the people I love feel nourished in all sorts of ways.” PeopleWayFeelsMindSoulMomentsSpiritualNightWaterBreakHappenedMiddleHavensSonTablesMy SoulMy SonShoreMiddle Of The Night Book:Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way Source: Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way