• "I choose to believe if I lay down my complaining, my fault-finding, my criticism, there will be space for better words–words that give life, that build up, that point out beauty instead of brokenness."       On Lent by Shauna Niequist  

• "Decluttering always comes with so many don’ts. Don’t bring this into your house… Don’t keep more than…"  How to Clutter Your Home by Katie of Making This Home

• "You know when you were a kid, and your dad told you that the tooth fairly only comes on Tuesday nights, that watermelons grow in your tummy if you eat a seed, and that the birthmark on your mom's leg was where she spilled her coffee, every morning?"  Blind Belief by Lauren Lankford

• "Saying yes will mean a mess."  What Happy Homemakers Know by Ann Voskamp

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