“Mothers always knew what was best for their children, and it was a mother’s duty to steer the child back onto the… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But a mother sees her child’s shortcomings, even if she doesn’t admit to them very often.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“A mother knows her children’s weaknesses, even if she sometimes refuses to acknowledge them.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Lily’s room transformed into a treasure chest told from a child’s perspective; minute details unearthed, bits and scraps of memory whose retelling… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“How could parents raise children and then watch them walk out of their lives? Were they all masochists? Why would they do… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“The child hurled herself into Christine’s arms. “Christine! Christine!” In the seconds that followed, Christine forgot the circumstances that had brought her… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Butterfly Garden is especially important to me because it delves into sibling relationships and family hierarchy as children and as adults. It… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Laura handed Jenny a list the second day that she called “An Adult’s Survival Guide in a Kid’s World.” Lesson one: Peanut… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“I don’t have any experience with,” she faltered, “children like Lily.” “Most people don’t. It’s the demand for perfection in our society… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“The man possessed a communal strength of body and soul, coupled with endless compassion and a desire to help the less fortunate of mind… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But it wasn’t the high foreheads, the flat noses, the half protrusion of thick lips that pulled Christine in, held her there, as she… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But God doesn’t make bad things happen or necessarily stop them from happening. What He does do is give us strength to understand and… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Anybody that’s ever loved has been hurt, some worse than others. Hearts ripped, trust gone, even hope tossed in the trash.” Those eyes grew… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“A mother knows her children’s weaknesses, even if she sometimes refuses to acknowledge them.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“It was true that one could be more alone with someone than by oneself.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“You can’t catch a creature like that anymore than you can catch a person. You can only create an environment they might want to… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“her form of prayer and her mother’s were not the same. Virginia Romano recited Hail Mary’s and Our Fathers, clicking rosary beads like a… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But a mother sees her child’s shortcomings, even if she doesn’t admit to them very often.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
