One does not seek love,' she told him, 'it should find you all on it's own

That is what chronic illness is . . . a disconnect between what our souls can do and what our bodies can do.

Soul work is the 'more' that we need to do to heal our souls.Soul retrieval is one more step toward balance and wholeness. The trauma of major illness, death, financial devastation, abuse, terror, and other stressors in our lives will not cease while we live and breathe. But, knowing they can rob us of our soul allows us to address those loses before or as they occur, so that we do not have to struggle to survive without that which makes us who we are.

If you only think of yourself, there's no room for another in marriage.

... there is nothing stronger than a woman who has beaten her way back from being beaten down in the first place.

Somehow, the story of the book enhanced the story within it.

Those cloudy nights when the stars fail to appear, I miss them terribly. But I know in my heart they are still there and, sometimes knowing has to be enough

I remember thinking as a child that diamonds were stars that fell from the sky as shooting stars. You can only imagine my disappointment at learning the truth of them. I still prefer the stars.