“Dear Family, she wrote.
She paused again.
"Tell them you're well," Yarrow advised.
She wrote that. And then once those first words were there, she kept writing. She told them about when she first came to Alyssium, full of hope and fear. She told them about the library, how proud she'd been to get the job and how disappointed when it turned out to not be what she'd imagined it would be. She told them about how much she missed home, how much she missed them, and why she hadn't returned--- because she wanted to find a place where she belonged and had purpose, and she knew it wasn't Eano, as much as she loved them. But it wasn't Alyssium either. As it turned out, it was Belde.
This place. With this man.
She smiled as she wrote about Yarrow and her life here. I found a place I want to be and a future I want to have. I'm happy, and I hope you are too. Please write back.
I miss you.
Love,
Your Terlu”
Source: The Enchanted Greenhouse
“She held the letters to her chest as if she could absorb them straight into her heart. She'd lost six years as a statue, but she wouldn't lose any more. Her family still cared. They weren't angry, and they missed her. Maybe they didn't fully understand, but they cared. If they came to visit... When they came to visit, she corrected herself, she'd try to explain. She'd left Eano to find a place where she had a purpose. It had just taken her longer than she'd thought it would to find it. It would be all right.
I have a niece. And her father knew she'd find happiness.”
Source: The Enchanted Greenhouse
“Can you imagine how many more people today would be happier, more stable, better contributors to the world, if only their fathers had been actively present in their childhood?”
Source: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“Every page is a bridge bringing me and my child closer together”
Source: Learning to Be Happy: An Emotions & Feelings Book for Toddlers and Preschoolers Ages 3-6 About Joy and Everyday Happiness
“A good book makes my child smile; a moment reading together makes my life happy”
Source: Big Dreams for Toddlers: A Story About Imagination and Believing in Yourself
“Hidup itu adalah rangkaian perjuangan demi perjuangan. Maka janganlah ada yang menyerah berputus asa dan menganggap perjuangan hidup adalah satu yang sia-sia. Tetaplah tegar meski yang lain berguguran. Tetaplah tersenyum meskipun perjuangan ini terasa pahit dan berliku. Kerana DIA tidak akan mensia-siakan perjuangan kita”
Source: Hati Bergetar Rindu
“He was an alcoholic, too. So was my aunt, my grandmother. My father was a Bible thumper, but if he hadn't been so drunk on Jesus, he'd been the same. Something about our genes. We all get carried away.”
Source: Groundskeeping
“I’ve never seen you act this way,” Mama said, sounding giddier than she should’ve. “I knew you could do it!” she declared, like seeing me in love was the most impressive thing I’d ever done. She said it in the same tone she’d told me she was proud of me when I’d graduated medical school. I wasn’t sure if I should be elated or offended.”
Source: If Only In Our Dreams
“You think you know what’s right. That sacrificing yourself is going to keep the rest of us safe. But you’re a Bennett now, because a name is a name is a name. And I’m sorry for that. It’s a heavy burden but one that means you’ll never be alone again.”
Source: Brothersong
“But that’s what pack is for. To pick us back up when we fall.”
Source: Brothersong