Sea Stars Christmas Quotes

“There's courage in being the ones left at home, too.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Perfect is an illusion, I prefer good enough.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Maybe christmas miracles did happen”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Coffee is a gift to the world, and we should make good use of it.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Christmas is supposed to be about something more than sparkes and santa.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“It must be a little hard to hold things dear and have the rest of the world move on.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“It's hard to move forward when you beat yourself up for the past, all your energy goes to trying to survive”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“She's unhappy. That's why she's difficult. I've known people like that.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“I guess not everybody has a true vocation. Some days, just living life is enough of a challenge. I don't care about changing the world, I just want to find my place in it.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“I don't know if you've ever been in the position of not having much for Christmas, but I have. When my mother was trying to raise me in Boston, all alone we had a couple of very nice holiday dinners because of community food drives. I remember a lady came to drop off a box of food, and my mother was so grateful she had tears in her eyes. I can tell you, when I was a child, it meant so much to have a holiday. To be like other people”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Sometimes Christmas just feels like extra work but then something happens, it's like you flipped a switch and everything is suddenly worth it. Beautiful, even if yesterday it was just plain old everyday life.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Both of them were good at being alone, and neither of them had any experience in being together, being a couple no wonder they were struggling”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“Anyway, we all know fishing is a hard life, and the sea claims lives. We've probably all lost someone. When the lost one leaves behind a family, the suffering continues.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“I don't know if you've ever been in the position of not having much for Christmas, but I have. When my mother was trying to raise me in Boston, all alone we had a couple of very nice holiday dinners because of community food drives. I remember a lady came to drop off a box of food, and my mother was so grateful she had tears in her eyes. I can tell you, when I was a child, it meant so much to have a holiday. To be like other people.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

“...everyday mistakes are just opportunities to learn to do things better”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story