“The familiar warmth from the church saturated his heart. Was this what Mom meant by Christmas joy?”

“You shouldn't greet monsters that way. It's scary."(Corky from Teresa's Shadow)”

“She hated the implied familiarity when customers requested things from her by name...”

“He managed to find his way into my heart again and sabotage it from the inside.”

“Now there are permanent gray smudges in Scotty's vision. He says he likes them--actually, what he says is: "I consider them a visual enhancement." We think they remind him of his mom.”

“A promise is only as good as the person who makes it. The character of the promiser is what gives the promise its value. His promises are meant to ignite faith and expectation and desire, and then to point us to Him. His promises act to bind our hearts to His. His promises turn our eyes toward Him. When our hearts are occupied with who He is, it will not be hard to believe what He promises to do. The revelation of His person is the secret to trusting His promises.”

“Yet I had such joy from the words.”