The Magnolia Inn

by Carolyn Brown

“That’s real positive thinking.”

“I kind of felt abandoned my whole life until Melanie. My grandparents were wonderful,

Remembering only the good times was just as unhealthy as remembering only the bad ones—there was no closure in either.

Let go of the guilt, and stop feeling sorry for yourself. Don’t let the what-ifs drive you crazy, because they will if you let them. I’m speaking from experience. Some days it’s still all I can do to stay positive.”

but you also need to know that it was this experience that makes you the man you are today,”

“We all just get a day at a time. It’s up to us whether we fight the demons that plague us or if we give in to them.”