Beneath the Surface (Dive Team Investigations, #1)

by Lynn H. Blackburn

the way they disagreed and reached consensus had taught her it was okay to have a contrary opinion—just because she didn’t agree with someone didn’t mean they couldn’t be friends. Or more.

true, meaningful, long-lasting relationships were built more on the way a couple handled conflict and adversity than on romantic dinners and moonlit strolls.

and a relationship with her heavenly Father that could only have been forged through struggle.

“Life is hard, Parker. Everyone has tough stuff. There’s no perfect relationship or perfect job or perfect house that will somehow make your life easy. What throws us for a loop is when life is hard in ways we weren’t prepared for.

“I don’t think he cares so much about what we say. I think he mostly just wants us to talk to him.”