“Sometimes, niña, our greatest gifts grow from what we are not given.” — Erica Bauermeister Gift Copy Share Image
Life is beautiful. Some people just remind you of that more than others. — Erica Bauermeister Beautiful Copy Share Image
She said, 'You can be broken, or broken open. That choice is yours.' — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“They said - Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up.” — Erica Bauermeister Adults Copy Share Image
“She became a frame for the picture that was her son and daughter.” — Erica Bauermeister Children Copy Share Image
“Irreversible decisions are good for the soul, word lady.” — Erica Bauermeister Decision making Copy Share Image
“She'd seen it with Isabelle, the way things could become so permeated with memories that story was more important than function.” — Erica Bauermeister Memories Copy Share Image
“She felt about her zester the way some women do about a pair of spiky red shoes--a frivolous splurge, good only for… — Erica Bauermeister Fashion Copy Share Image
We’re all just ingredients. What matters is the grace with which you cook the meal. — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“...the day coming to her in small, liquid moments, sleep slipping into wakefulness like the slow merging of two steams. p 125” — Erica Bauermeister Sleep Copy Share Image
The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more… — Erica Bauermeister Accuracy Copy Share Image
“I've been wondering," Isabelle commented reflectively over dessert, "if it is foolish to make new memories when you know you are going… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“It was interesting. Isabelle thought, the children that chose you. Some come through your body; others came in cars in the middle… — Erica Bauermeister Children Copy Share Image
“It made Chloe wonder, how much could you hold in your arms if they weren't full of constantly falling pieces of yourself?” — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“Lillian sometimes wondered why psychologists focused so much on a couple’s life in their bedroom. You could learn everything about a couple… — Erica Bauermeister Cooking Copy Share Image
“You know, Ian,” Antonia commented, “my father always said a person needs a reason to leave and a reason to go. But… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“When she realized that there are many kinds of love and not all of them are obvious. That some wait like presents… — Erica Bauermeister Kinds of love Copy Share Image
“I loved to walk in her garden after dinner; it felt alive, even in the winter. She always told me that rosemary… — Erica Bauermeister Garden Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the line, I'll screw up and hurt you," he said. "Everybody does. But that's not the point." "What's the point?"… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“There were moments in life, Marion thought, when you reached back, baton in hand, feeling the runner behind you. Felt the clasp… — Erica Bauermeister Collaboration Copy Share Image
“When Marion had been a teenager, she wanted a tattoo. As an oldest child who did mostly what was expected of her,… — Erica Bauermeister Children Copy Share Image
“Stories of her children when they were small, their round little bodies barely containing their personalities, which bloomed and glittered and melted… — Erica Bauermeister Children Copy Share Image
“The cold reality of it had struck her, as if, perched on the crest of a roller coaster, the rest of the… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
TIME WENT ON, life with the children unfolding in its own ecosystem, small plastic toys seeming to grow up from the carpet… — Erica Bauermeister Autumn Copy Share Image
“I think love is kind of like those waves out there," she said. "You ride one in to the beach, and it's… — Erica Bauermeister Friendship Copy Share Image
“Something was coming. Nola could feel it. She wanted to stop reading, but she couldn’t, because she could tell that this was… — Erica Bauermeister Fiction and reality Copy Share Image
You ride one in to the beach, and it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. But at some point the water… — Erica Bauermeister Amazing things Copy Share Image
“While the egg yolks cooled, he directed the beaters at the egg whites, setting the mixer on high speed that sent small… — Erica Bauermeister Beauty Copy Share Image
“She quickly realized she had an affinity for the older books and their muted scents of past dinners and foreign countries, the… — Erica Bauermeister Books Copy Share Image
“She looked at the produce stalls, a row of jewels in a case, the colors more subtle in the winter, a Pantone… — Erica Bauermeister Cooking Copy Share Image
Marriage is a leap of faith. You are each other's safety net. — Erica Bauermeister Faith Copy Share Image
Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up. — Erica Bauermeister Adults Copy Share Image
I am starting to think that maybe memories are like this dessert. I eat it, and it becomes a part of me,… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“When a couple came to class together, it meant something else entirely - food as a solution, a diversion, or, occasionally, a… — Erica Bauermeister Class Copy Share Image
You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else. — Erica Bauermeister Book Copy Share Image
“You can be broken, or broken open. That choice is yours. p 146 about dealing with the loss of her mother” — Erica Bauermeister Choice Copy Share Image
“She simply didn't have an interest in men anymore. It wasn't that she didn't like them, she just knew how easily they… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
