“Sometimes the best families are the ones God builds using unexpected pieces of our hearts.” — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“...true success and prosperity comes when you are right where God wants you to be, doing what He wants you to do.” — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“Not one thing we've done changes that we are his. That he created us and loves us with a love more fierce and loyal… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“As a new mom, your life changes overnight. Your priorities change, you forget to brush your teeth, you aren’t sure how you’re ever going… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“I think it can be easy to settle for less than you deserve just because less is right in front of you and the… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“I watched her with the crab as she ignored all my admonitions that the poor crab just needed to be set free if he… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“But ultimately we attempted to find some middle ground because at the end of the day we love each other in spite of all… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“Real motherhood is different. It's better and it's messier and it's more complicated. It will break your heart and make you laugh harder than… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“Our job as mothers is to do the best we can to teach our children that life is better and friendships are richer when… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“When I look back on the sixteen years Perry and I have been married, I can see the places where we've made each other… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“When I look in his eyes, I don’t see perfection. I don’t see a love story that would necessarily be something people would watch… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“What if we lived as though we truly believed God has given us a life without walls, that he has plans for us that… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“...motherhood is the thing in a woman's life that catches her by total and complete surprise.” — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“I wish I would've learned earlier on to be myself and express what mattered to me and how I actually felt about things.” — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“God gives us these raw, little people, and we have to form them and mold them and teach them how to operate in society.… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
