Not Without My Father Quotes

“We can all name people we take for granted, because everybody’s swamped. Overwhelmed. Harried. We mean to make memories with people who matter, but often, we put it off for someday. And someday morphs into never, as Life’s unpredictability claims the people we love.”
― Andra Watkins, Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace

“Life is about what happens between all the things we wish we’d done. And when we do those things, Life fills holes and lights the flame of wishes. Life makes wishes live.”
― Andra Watkins, Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace

“doubted. Growth happened when I overcame my mind.”
― Andra Watkins, Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace

“never expected. And, at the end, I only had one plea. I hoped the Trace seared us into its soul. When people traveled it in a thousand years, maybe a few of them would hear my parents and me. In fallen leaves and birdsong. In the echo of their own footsteps. In a field of daffodils winking in the breeze. I stood next to the Natchez Trace Parkway sign, flanked by my parents. When I smiled into the camera, with one arm around each of them, I made one final addendum. I wanted to recall every molecule of our adventure. The sound”
― Andra Watkins, Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace

“We can all name people we take for granted, because everybody's swamped.Overwhelmed.Harried.We mean to make memories with people who matter, but often, we put it off for someday.And someday morphs into never as Life's unpredictability claims the people we love.”
― Andra Watkins, Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace