“She caught herself working so hard at mothering that she forgot to enjoy her children. -from ~Homecoming Season~”

“I love you Daddy. How hard was that to say Why hadn’t she said it before Because she wasn’t sure she meant it or was she afraid it would be one-sided”

“Love wasn't love if she had to try too hard to feel it.”

“It isn’t fair, but maybe that’s the whole point. Fairness has no part in real life, and she took that lesson away from the Hotel Angeline with her.”

“She was the living, breathing proof that the hard things in life didn't have to defeat you - or even define you.”

“She reflects on the girl she had been in this place, and the things she had to do in order to survive. For a long time, she’d had to live her child- hood backward, forced to step up and take charge of things that were thrust into her hands.”

“Already, Seattle is taking hold of her. She still holds Sedona in the dry tan of her skin and in her hair, but the fine mist of the Northwest is making its way to places she didn’t know were parched.”