Just Like Home (Harbor Pointe, #4)

by Courtney Walsh

what would it feel like to be loved and cherished simply for who you were and not how you performed?

I want someone to love the parts of me that no one’s cheering for.”

“You’re the best coach I’ve ever worked with, but not because of your winning record. Because you care about the kids.

know how hard it is to ask, but sometimes we all need a little help.”

She just wanted to be accepted as Charlotte. But she had no idea what that looked like or who that was. And if she couldn’t accept herself without striving for an ideal, how could she expect anyone else to?

she thinks she can earn that love when really, she should be with someone who accepts her for who she is. That’s what love is, right?”

If love was really unconditional, if it didn’t need to be earned, she could stop striving so hard. She could simply be herself.

there’s more to life than just one thing.”

“Love and forgiveness aren’t earned. They’re freely given. Like a gift. God created you—not only to be a dancer, but to be His child. He loves you for who you are. No strings attached.”

what Julianna had always possessed, was a deep understanding that she was worthy—and she always had been—of love.

forgive herself. Maybe she could stop striving, stop trying to prove herself worthy. Maybe she could rest in the fact that God had already accepted her the way she was,

People are broken. And when they’re broken, they hurt the ones they love.

did he actually believe women could make mistakes and still be trusted?

there are no guarantees in life or in love. You know that as well as I do. All we can do is the best we can do. We can give ourselves completely to another person and they can stomp all over us or break our heart or die. But we learn from it and we move on. I

he wouldn’t run away just because life was messy.

life isn’t only about one thing. That you don’t have to stay in the place where you are.

and if you’re willing to put your heart on the line, you can live full and rich and in the sweet embrace of unconditional love.