--- title: "1 Sharing Lives Quotes By Sharon E. Rainey" description: "1 Sharing Lives quotes by Sharon E. Rainey. Plus more from Sharon E. Rainey and more Sharing Lives sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/sharon-e-rainey-17998_life_as-we-each-began-our-journey-we-learned_2578397.jpg" --- > [“As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/as-we-each-began-our-journey-we-learned-the-importance-of-connecting/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/sharon-e-rainey-17998_life_as-we-each-began-our-journey-we-learned_2578397.jpg) ## More by Sharon E. Rainey > [“Most of all, I remember her laughing. It filled my ears. Her smile, her sparkling eyes, and her infectious laughter, along with the vistas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/most-of-all-i-remember-her-laughing-it-filled-my-ears-her-smile-her/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept His offerings, His wisdom, His grace. Or I could choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/with-each-opportunity-before-me-god-presented-me-with-a-choice-i/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What’s good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/life-is-messy-grit-and-grace-come-at-us-fast-side-by-side-sometimes/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-thought-by-masking-the-depression-with-silence-the-feelings-might/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I thought that day was the end of my life. It was the end of the world as I knew and understood it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-thought-that-day-was-the-end-of-my-life-it-was-the-end-of-the-world/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I could accept my circumstances, my life, people, and even events around me, without giving my approval or releasing my control over such. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-could-accept-my-circumstances-my-life-people-and-even-events-around/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-m-not-different-from-anyone-else-crises-and-tough-emotional-periods/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“Deep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/deep-down-inside-of-me-way-down-deep-in-a-place-previously-unknown-i/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“Most teenage suicide attempts are cries for help; the teens survive, succeeding in bringing them the wanted attention. Mine was not a cry for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/most-teenage-suicide-attempts-are-cries-for-help-the-teens-survive/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I call it an Aha! moment. It is the moment when I can hear, when I know, that an answer is being offered to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-call-it-an-aha-moment-it-is-the-moment-when-i-can-hear-when-i-know/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“No one gave me the secret decoder ring on how to make friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/no-one-gave-me-the-secret-decoder-ring-on-how-to-make-friends/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I was desperately searching for something to make sense; for the world to connect back with me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-was-desperately-searching-for-something-to-make-sense-for-the-world/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“If you stop drinking, I’ll stop taking Valium, and then we’ll see who’s who and who’s what.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/if-you-stop-drinking-i-ll-stop-taking-valium-and-then-we-ll-see-who-s/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“I believe that time period was a gift of God’s grace. I have no other way to explain why I did not die or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/i-believe-that-time-period-was-a-gift-of-god-s-grace-i-have-no-other/) [Sharon E. Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-e-rainey/) > [“Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-e-rainey/through-each-crisis-in-my-life-with-acceptance-and-hope-in-a-single/) [Sharon E. 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