“It's good to look at life from the bottom up so you can see that things have risen above what they once… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is a love story, with every character yearning for permanent refuge in someone's heart.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The irony of life: Realizing a lifetime is barely long enough to figure out how it should have been lived.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sadness is the heart withdrawing to seek shelter from the pain.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A pang of guilt, like a blaring siren, should never be ignored.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Stubbornness is surely just taut-jawed, clenched-fisted madness.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world. Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible. Why? Because innately we know… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“We hunger after the sweet nectar of happiness without understanding that it is harvested from the flowering field of good deeds.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Trying to change old habits is like fighting a war in your head—a draining and exhausting skirmish that makes you wonder at… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truly there are different kinds of pain. But the most agonizing is the pain of regret, for which there is no lasting… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Minutes turn into hours that add up to days amounting to weeks that become months melting into years accumulating for decades to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did—a… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Magic Words " " Silly words cause trills because they're ludicrous and funny. Happy words paint endless smiles and swallow troubles… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I hate it when storm clouds roll in, heralded by dazzling claps of thunder and lightning that boast an ocean of tears.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There is a point when the anguished soul finally despairs. A moment in life when the heart, the will, even the spirit… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Monsters excite us in this way or that. They make our pulse thrum and steal lives from the cat! They're frightening creatures,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Friendship true is a vow of care. A warm embrace when in despair. A loving presence waiting there to lift a heart,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Service is a smile. It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug. It's these simple… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Today You Soar "Like the grand eagle, you spread your wings And put forth the effort to do great things. Looking… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Dear Father in Heaven, I thank thee this day for blessings and mercies thou sendest my way. I thank thee for comfort… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What is the spirit of Christmas, you ask? Let me give you the answer in a true story... On a cold day… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Shhh, Eena, it’s going to be okay. I promise, you’ll get through this.” She didn’t fight him, but grabbed onto his shirt,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I'm going on a diet. (Crud, I know) I am going to be cranky. I am going to be irritable. I am… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It’s perfect,” she softly sighed. “Just like in our dream,” Ian agreed. “Almost.” Her eyes flickered sideways to catch Ian’s handsome profile.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My world burns severe. Pockets of sweltering air attack every inch of me exposed, heated by fire spewed forth from the lungs… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Eena had thought the whole idea of his picture was absolutely wonderful and had asked Willum what kind of animal she might… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I love you, Mom. ___I love you more. I love you to the moon! ___I love you to my core.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If the world appears abundant in smiles or overwhelmed by scowls, you might ask yourself if you're not to blame.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The world is full of opinions. But I am not searching for opinions, I'm searching for truths.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“All you can do is start where you are. But you can start—right here, right now. You absolutely can.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Christmas is a whisper of peace and a sigh of hope on the lips of love.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Love is not complicated—just smile, hug, kiss, be kind, and repeat.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“ Happily-ever-afters don't come in happily-every-days . They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Mystery, why so attractive to me? You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“It's amusing to me that we refer to people who live in their heads as detached, disturbed, or mad, when reality for anyone is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“You made a choice—a single choice. How neat to think you may have opened the door to a wondrous future without knowing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“The key to valuing something is to lose it and then realize how rare it was—after which you pray like mad to regain what… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
