“So much of my life had been spent taking and taking and taking. Thinking it was all about me, believing that everything came down to me and how I felt, what I wanted. Even in my grasping attempts to know… — Nicole Baart Copy Share
“So much of my life had been spent taking and taking and taking. Thinking it was all about me, believing that everything came down to me and how I felt, what I wanted. Even in my grasping attempts to know God, I did exactly that: I grasped. I sought. Sometimes I waited. But I never opened myself, spread my soul… — Nicole Baart Copy Share
“all-too-familiar homes. There were at least a dozen people waiting at the meat counter, and the dairy case had already been emptied of the pound blocks of butter Grandma liked to use for baking. I tried not to get annoyed and made substitutions whenever I came across an item on my list that had sold out. It actually seemed appropriate… — Nicole Baart Copy Share
“It isn't true that whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger...but whatever doesn't kill you does leave you vulnerable to another day.” — Nicole Baart Copy Share Image
“He could have swept me into his arms, kissed my mouth in a fit of passion, and begged me to be his bride, and… — Nicole Baart Copy Share Image
“A life lived outside of the will of the Lord is like trying to climb a waterfall.” — Nicole Baart Copy Share Image
“I wanted so much when I was young. I was an endless abyss of want, of need of desperate dreams for myself that defied… — Nicole Baart Copy Share Image
“I decided right then and there that if home is where the heart is, my heart has been homeless for a very long time.” — Nicole Baart Copy Share Image
