Six Months to Live Quotes

“a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Dawn pondered the page for a long while. It was true. Sandy’s “season” was over. She’d gone home to God. The thought brought Dawn great comfort and made her more determined than ever to live her own “season” to its fullest. She shut the box and put it away on a shelf.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, Six Months to Live

“Her mom’s voice trembled as she read aloud: “We lost our beloved Sandy yesterday, 10 A.M. Stop. She died peacefully — no pain. Stop. We’re flying her home to West Virginia for burial. Stop. Package for Dawn to follow. Stop. The Chandlers.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, Six Months to Live

“Next year, when you return, you’ll bring the ashes back and toss them onto that year’s bonfire. In this way, each of us comes back to this place, bringing some of the past, leaving with some of the future. Will those of you who have ashes from last year please bring them forward?” he asked.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, Six Months to Live

“The brilliant red sphere balanced on the rim of the water like a beach ball. Then it slipped beyond the horizon, leaving the soft haze of twilight behind it.”
― Lurlene McDaniel, Six Months to Live