the one that spoke to my soul.

A new friend suggested that I read Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott.  I had it on my shelf already.  Went through a Lamott phase 5 years ago and there it sat gathering dust.  I'm so glad she suggested it.

A couple lines that gave me pause and/or made me laugh:

"I just can't get over how much babies cry.  I really had no idea what I was getting into.  To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." 
(ditto.  this is harder than raising Chloe and Chloe's legacy goes without saying).

"His hands are like little stars."

"Life has got to be bigger than death, and love has got to be bigger than fear or this is all a total bust and we are all just going tourist class."

And my personal favorite:
"while we are on earth, our limitations are such that we can only see the underside of the tapestry that God is weaving.  God sees the topside, the whole evolving portrait and its amazing beauty, and uses us as the pieces of thread to weave the picture."

There.  Two things I never, ever thought I would post about: motherhood and God.  But, reading this book I'm inspired by both.  Life doesn't make much sense right now to me but it does in the whole big scheme of things.  Schmalzy but true.