Heather

“That’s the beauty of a garden,” she said. “Some stuff works, some stuff doesn’t, and some stuff you think isn’t working ends up producing the following year. Keeps you living in a constant state of suspense, so whatever comes, you’re grateful for it.”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“At his service, everyone said he was still with me, but the truth was that not only was he gone, parts of me went with him. I missed them, too, and like Jesse, they weren’t coming back.”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“Just like our story, the original Christmas tales were stories of searching, not so much for the lost, as for the familiar. Mary and Joseph sought in Bethlehem- the home of their familial ancestry- a place to start their own family; the three kings from the East journeyed beneath the sentinel star to find the King of Kings; and the shepherds sought a child in a place most familiar to them: a manger.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Finding Noel

“endless moments like this stretching before us. I loved him deeply, but I never really knew that every second we had together was a gift until he was gone.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Life Intended