“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 wait to escape when she was younger was definitely not on her to-do list. Especially as… — 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
“Something about moving home as an adult made the space feel even smaller than it had while growing up.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“What mattered was that we were together—a family—and we were enjoying each other.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share
“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
“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
“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