A life without rain is like the sun without shade.

But there is room now in my heart for more memories, carved by a letting go that I could find only by coming home to a place I'd never been.

Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people's hearts.

Sometimes I guess you need to lose everything before you realize what's really important.

Sometimes hope is all we have, and to lose that is to lose all.

There are no completely good or bad people. Everybody makes mistakes, or bad choices. It's how we live with them that make us the people we are.

I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking.