The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch Quotes

“She could envision Jesus out on the stormy waves calling her to join him, and not be distracted by the laws of nature. She’d just need to keep her focus on the Savior and move forward in these tossing waves. To keep focusing on the watery sprays trying to sink her would be her undoing. As her father understood and often repeated, she now saw the storm warning. “You win some, you lose some.” Could Jesus defy natural consequences-gravity?”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“She could envision Jesus out on the stormy waves calling her to join him, and not to depend on the laws of nature. She’d just need to keep her focus on the Savior and move forward in these tossing waves. To keep looking down on the watery sprays trying to sink her would be her undoing. As her father understood and often repeated, she now saw the storm warning. “You win some, you lose some.” Could Jesus defy natural endings?”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“She often felt inconsequential in the world.
It was only the sunrise and sunset, the clouds steadily moving overhead that provided her with the perspective of God’s long brush-like movements on earth. A history, an accounting, and miraculous interventions were moving along at a steady pace. Even if she couldn’t see the changes, changes were certainly turning as the hands on the clock turn. Someone was watching and ticking marks on a ledger.
“Dear Father in heaven, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, my Redeemer.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Grandma told me once that she’d forgiven him the eternal seventy times seven, but I don’t think forgiveness looks good on either of ‘um. It pains me to look at her.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“RECORDING THE PAST WITH A DULL PENCIL IS POINTLESS”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“COMPRESSION SOCKS ARE A REAL HOSE TO PUT ON”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“A DESCRIPTED COMEDY IS MOST LIKELY A SILENT MOVIE”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“SEE DANCERS ON POINTE COMPETE IN THE BALL ARENA”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Fairytales do tend to "dragon.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“TO THE ONE WHO INVENTED ZED, ZERO, AND NAUGHT, THANKS FOR NOTHING”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Blinded, now, in more than one way, Gail made Kaida co-owner and the sole beneficiary of her home, secretly, away from her other daughters and their heirs.
Kaida told her children that she and Gail had created a “trust bequest” for them but advised them to keep the secret from the rest of the family.
When the Quit Claim Deed was filed in county records, it was returned to Kaida’s name, not to Gail.
Unfortunately for the rest of the family, this mother-daughter relationship had become so intertwined and interdependent, it was difficult to see which one was the host tree and which one was the strangler fig.
The tree, now grown tall, would bloom in the foreseeable future. Only a death certificate and affidavit needed to be filed in order for Kaida to claim her mother’s full estate.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Kaida's attorney suggested a quit claim deed as the best vehicle for transferring Gail’s home into Kaida's name with a limiting clause for a life estate for Gail. The single page was drafted on his computer.
When Gail asked Kaida why her beneficiary deed and her will were not sufficient, Kaida told her the new “trust” was more complete. It ensured that Grant and Paige would finally inherit her property at the end of Kaida’s life. It would also substantially help her build Kaida’s credit back from the bankruptcy to have her name on the deed.
Gail certainly loved Kaida and her grandchildren. Gail trusted Kaida’s promise to care for her in her old age, and she believed their funds had become hopelessly co-mingled, so that sitting in the attorney’s office that day, she finally agreed to sign the trust document with a “joint tenancy life estate” on her property. It felt like a business transaction. It was only right to incentivize Kaida for her promise to care for her in her old age.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“It seemed Kaida was a bit too anxious about her mother's estate, all of it, to be exact. It worried Gail.
In a lucid moment, considering that Christmas was again approaching, Gail cleverly devised a quit claim deed giving her property to herself, Elsie, and Melanie with Kaida inheriting her mother’s share at her death. This would repair the damages done by her will. She filed this quit claim deed in a cabinet, meaning to ask an attorney about it with her potential bequests and concerns, but it slipped her mind. Instead, she shopped for gloves and slippers and bought other novelties that Christmas. She forgot to bring the deed to light.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“I SHOULD BE UPSET THAT A BURGLAR STOLE ALL
MY LAMPS, BUT I’M DELIGHTED!”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“CURIOUSLY, PEOPLE TRANSFORM INTO DRAGONS AT THE FLICK OF A CAPE”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“IF AN OTTER GETS INSIDE, YOU OTTER GET OUT THE SMELL!”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“A surreal combination of revulsion and wonder overwhelmed her, the feeling of betrayal, the scrape of a bear’s claw. Being an adult child did not equip her to deflect the wound.
“Women ought to interview their prospective partner’s children, don’t ya think?” She muttered, “I mean, from their first marriage, to see if the man they say they want to marry is really the man they want to marry!”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“I DON’T HAVE THE THYME TO BE ROASTED TODAY”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“A DOG THAT SWALLOWS AN ENGAGEMENT RING IS A DIAMOND IN THE RUFF”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“NO LITANY OF LOVE LIES WITH A PLEA OF RELEASE”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“THE OPPOSITE OF DEFEAT IS A SHOW OF HANDS”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“WE LIKE VOLCANOS BECAUSE THEY’RE SO LAVABLE”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“BIRDS MAKE TRICKY ESCAPES WHEN THINGS GO AFOWL”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“IF YOU WANT A PRIZE FOR DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, HERE’S ATROPHY”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“HOW TEARABLE A PAPER AIRPLANE THAT CANNOT FLY”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Aren’t you just one in a melon,” she muttered.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“WINGING IT, BY PHOENIX RISING”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“MAMA DESERVES AN ANGEL CAKE, BUT SHE GESTATE”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“I HOLD TO THE 'NAUGHTY' IN ANY TUG-OF-WAR”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“PILOTS IN A HURRY SHOULD TAKE CRASH COURSES”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch