“Friends tell you what you want to hear,” Dani said. “Real friends tell you what you need to hear.” — Brenda Rothert Friend Copy Share Image
“Satisfying you is my job, and I take my job very seriously” — Brenda Rothert Satisfying Copy Share Image
“I’d only watch the Kardashians and the Real Housewives if they were in a Hunger Games-style death match. Sitting” — Brenda Rothert Housewives Copy Share Image
“The two of us were bound together by the thread of grief, but it wasn't just our mutual losses that united us.… — Brenda Rothert Grief Copy Share Image
“And then one day, one of my daughters sat me down and told me that even though he was gone, I wasn’t.… — Brenda Rothert Children Copy Share Image
“I tell everyone I’m okay,” she said. “I even tell myself that. But I don’t know if I am. I keep waiting… — Brenda Rothert Copy Share Image
“Love you, too.” She hurried off the train when the doors whooshed open, running the short distance to Wright Design. Just as… — Brenda Rothert Fitness Copy Share Image
“summer sky, full of promise. Few colors could convey such a wide range of emotions just based on shade. Pale blue felt… — Brenda Rothert Flower Copy Share Image
“Emma bounded down the stairs with the Carson family dog, Hugo, on her heels. “Mom, can I go to the mall with… — Brenda Rothert Family Dog Copy Share Image
“I wanted it back there, where I can’t see it, to remind me that …” He sighed and rubbed his jaw. “Sometimes… — Brenda Rothert Sighed Copy Share Image
“There were so many thoughts in my head at that moment. I wanted to tell her she made me wish I could… — Brenda Rothert Beauty Copy Share Image
“You know, some people say grief is like an ocean,” I said. “I think that’s true. It’s deep and dark and bigger… — Brenda Rothert Anger Copy Share Image
“No phone. She shook her head with frustration at how utterly and completely reliant she was on the thing. Her train left… — Brenda Rothert Cried Copy Share Image
“You okay?” a silver-haired man asked, steadying her by the arm as she panted. “Yeah…thanks,” she said. “—sleeping together really implies exclusivity… — Brenda Rothert Sleeping together Copy Share Image
“I thought losing Robert was the hardest thing I’d ever been through. But it wasn’t. Moving on from it was.” — Brenda Rothert Hardest Copy Share Image
“pushing her long, dark hair out of her face. “But what’s the point? If you’re into him enough to sleep with him,… — Brenda Rothert Dark hair Copy Share Image
“This is the prize I want,” he said. “Let me spend tonight with your heart instead of your head.” — Brenda Rothert Prize Copy Share Image
“Grief was a hell of a thing. Some days you climbed the walls and others you couldn’t get out of bed. Just… — Brenda Rothert Grief Copy Share Image
“Do what you want,” he says, shrugging. “But I tell Carrie how I feel about her all the time. Every day. Because… — Brenda Rothert Every day Copy Share Image
“Are you nuts? He wants you to claim him, Emma. Men need that. Be proud he's yours. If I was with Cole,… — Brenda Rothert Cole Copy Share Image
“I want you to be my someone. I mean, you already are my someone. Only I’ve acted like it doesn’t even matter.… — Brenda Rothert Big deal Copy Share Image
