“She'd once read a description of new motherhood that had struck her, at the time that she was returning to work after maxing out her maternity leave allowance, as a beautiful metaphor for her own days back at the office.… — Jessica Strawser Copy Share
“Becoming a mother had been many things--often indescribably rewarding, occasionally stupefying, sometimes even terrifying in the intensity of the love she felt for someone so small and vulnerable and dependent upon her--but relaxing was not one of them.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“Violet’s last visit—not two months ago, at the beginning of the summer—Violet seemed …” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“She'd once read a description of new motherhood that had struck her, at the time that she was returning to work after maxing out her maternity leave allowance, as a beautiful metaphor for her own days back at the office. It was that mother and baby are like a ball of yarn, and when the mother leaves the baby's side,… — Jessica Strawser Copy Share
“That first night, as they admired how wide the sky stretched above and beyond them, how bright the stars were here, how they could actually see the haze of the Milky Way cut its swath across the sky, Finn lowered his eyes to hers, and she saw something there that she only then realized she hadn't seen from him before:… — Jessica Strawser Copy Share
“Katie shrugged. “Be honest and play dumb.” “At the same time?” “Well…” She smiled. “Yeah.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“Becoming a mother had been many things--often indescribably rewarding, occasionally stupefying, sometimes even terrifying in the intensity of the love she felt for someone… — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“The price of a pair of high heels is not necessarily proportionate to their comfort level, as it turns out.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“It was never all that hard to rationalize your way through doing something wrong when it was a way to get what you wanted.… — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“It was just that it was so hard to turn away from the kind of love that is so eager to find you.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“There was a fine line, it turned out, between being a dreamer and being a loner.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“He had given her so much just by choosing her as his wife that she’d been hesitant to ask for anything.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“But still, I think it's important for you to know that you can be happy on your own.” — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
