“I realized that the focus shouldn’t be whether my life is important or unimportant. It’s how all of our lives intertwine, and by isolating myself, I’m not allowing pieces of me to be shared and left when I’m gone.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“People under stress can benefit from doing something familiar. The predictability of the task will sometimes ease one’s anxiety.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“To her, love was vulnerability, but to me, you see, love is strength.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Something about moving home as an adult made the space feel even smaller than it had while growing up.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“You will blink. Literally, blink. And you will be me, on the edge of life and looking back on what you’ve done with yours.… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“That’s how she is. She’d endure anything for family because having us home, she always said, meant more to her than all of the… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“When they’d filled the peppers and they were laid out in nice, neat, bacon-wrapped lines, she slid them into the oven. Then they went… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“I realized that the focus shouldn’t be whether my life is important or unimportant. It’s how all of our lives intertwine, and by isolating… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Libby Potter has just lost the perfect job, the perfect apartment and the perfect boyfriend. Moving back to the home town that she couldn’t… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“support one another and spend time together, because at the end, that’s all you’ll have to take with you—the love. Love each other and… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Leah, if I could drive home one piece of advice, it would be to never have regrets like I did. Don’t do it. I… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“What mattered was that we were together—a family—and we were enjoying each other.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Mom was standing just as she had so many times when I was young, and a pang of nostalgia pinched my chest. Have you… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to be strong enough to do it all at once—no one is. You just have to be strong enough to do… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“I know we’ve made plans together, and plans are good. But you can’t plan for everything. I certainly know that. I’ve learned that sometimes… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
