“Talk about turning lemons into lemonade!”

“The adventurous part of me was looking forward to getting out into the world, meeting new people, trying new things. But another part of me was thinking that it was just too soon. Why couldn’t everything stay the same for a little while longer?”

“A little damage makes people more interesting, right?”

“Normal....What the majority of people look, act, and talk and like.So what if the majority became what we see as wierd now?Would our normal, become our new wierd?”

“Sometimes it’s better just to think things through than to talk about them all the time.”

“Last winter I tried to talk Jesse into leaving. Not anymore. I've grown to cherish the freedom, the openness of this land, the wall I plastered, the trees I planted. I can see God using me. Homesteading, building a community with people I care about...”

“But it turns out that even if I don’t talk a lot, when it’s something that matters I still have a lot to say.”