“I wrote about the rush of love, the changing of a woman into a mother—a process that happened without conscious thought, as if the heart knew what the mind and body took time to learn. Love is the one thing… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“My heart filled with Nick's smile, with the look of sheer adoration he gave me as he lugged the bucket. In the space of an instant, I felt it again—the crumbling of an old part of me, the growth of… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get. Don’t waste… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Somewhere, deep within me, beyond the passion, beyond the beauty of the night, that little spark of Daily magic ignited in me again, began burning in a place that had gone dark and untended, that had yearned to be bright and warm. I felt it now, something old, something new, something complete. Perhaps it had been in there in me… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share
“Generally, crises were Mom's domain. Dad's job was to listen, nod, act curmudgeonly, and offer to pay for things.” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“...setting out together in a marriage is a lot like setting out on the river. Some parts will be rough; some will be smooth.… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“I desire to live my life this way,... Not caged by the walls of fear, but in anticipation of the bridges to magnificence. Help… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“It’s funny how what you’re used to seems like it’s right even if it’s bad.” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“We are His children, each knit together as we should be. We must go by the name our Father has given us. Beloved.” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Joy, I realized, isn't so much a circumstance you find yourself in but a choice you make” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Remember that, in any encounter, the only thing you can control is your own actions and reactions. You cannot dictate the actions of the other person, or in this case, the horse, but you can often send the right signals to get what you want. If you are often baffled by the reactions others have to you, it is probably… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share
“How often ... do we pass by a need, a life that could be changed with the smallest bit of effort? And it's not that we don't care but that we're driving so fast, all we see are the fence posts flashing by on the side of the highway? Maybe the first step in changing the world is in slowing… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share
