Cara Fuller Engelbrecht

“But what between the poor men I won’t have, and the rich men who won’t have me, I stand as a pelican in the wilderness!”
― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

“we miss the joy of new seasons when we continue grieving the old ones.”
― Heather Meadows, Transforming Tragedy: An Inspiring Story of Changing Painful to Powerful

“How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that marks a turning point.”
― Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop

“People who don’t recognize race as a reality shouldn’t adopt black children. They are going to do more damage to the child than good! We don’t live in a color-blind society. We don’t live in a melting pot. Race is our reality. It defines our interaction. It needs to be accepted.”
― Rita J. Simon, In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories