The Mistletoe Countess (Fredrick & Grace Mystery, #1)

by Pepper Basham

“God has given you a life, and you’re the only one who can decide how to write it.”

Regret seemed a terrible waste of mental energy with no real outcome besides a headache.

I am neither dimwitted nor oblivious. Choosing not to focus on certain things does not mean I do not see them.”

Continue in your kindness, even when it’s not returned. Sprinkle your very special type of joy on the shadowed parts of his world, and you will glean more than I think even you can imagine, my dear girl.”

he believed God was the maker of creativity and wonder, who created life as a grand journey.”

Kindness is your most valiant weapon. People may fight against many things, but against kindness, they fall unprepared.’”

“What would you say if I told you that your smile is always in fashion.”

Perhaps God was using these lonely moments to remind her that He was enough and that He’d made her just as she was, for His glory.

How closely you wrap your souls around one another is of your own choosing.”