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Author: Mary Alice Monroe
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Summer Guests
The years had a way of rounding off the pointed edges of anger.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Beach House
People always seem to be in so much of a hurry. Rush, rush, rush. What are they rushing toward? Life isn't some kind of race. We all cross the same finish line, sooner or later. You'd hate to get the end in sight and suddenly wish you'd walked rather than run, wouldn't you? Maybe that's why they call it the human race. Well, we are all in it together. But the winner of this race gets no prize. so take your time.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Four Seasons
The secret to survival was in seeing the world through the eyes-and heart-of a child. That was Merry's lesson to her sisters. To treasure life, and most of all, to love. Simply, unconditionally and with joyful abandon. To love without demanding or expecting anything in return.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Four Seasons
This anger I felt wasn't about the child at all. It's inside me and it's poisoning so many of my relationships. It leaves so little room for compassion." She reached up to wipe a tear from her face. "That's no way to live. I have to get over it. I may need some help, I don't know. But I realized something today dredging up all those murky memories. I can't change the past. I can't take the hurt back. But I can soften it if I can just learn how to accept it.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ Beach House Reunion
true joy came from loved ones, not loved things. Knowing that helped her feel free.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Beach House
I accept that the mind often dictates the heart. Yet I believe that the heart is the truer guide. Was she
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Beach House
You carry my love within you. A day will never dawn nor a sunset slip into the horizon when I will not think of you. I accept that the mind often dictates the heart. Yet I believe that the heart is the truer guide. So, if in the course of time you should want to come to me, do not hesitate. Know that I will be waiting for you. You will always have my heart-my love.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Beach House
She had but one hope. "Lord," she prayed, her voice raspy in her tight throat. "I'm not here to complain. You know me better than that after all this time. But the Bible says You never close a door without opening a window. So I'm praying for You to open the window. You know how things are between Cara and me. It will probably take a miracle to make peace. But You're famous for those, so I'm hopeful. Please, Lord, that's all I'm asking for. Not more time. I'd go willingly if I knew things were settled here before I left." She smiled ruefully. "I'm going whether it's willingly or not-I know that, too." Her smile fell as she grimaced in pain. "Please, Lord, answer this one small prayer. Not just for me, but for Cara. Help me play with my child once more before I die. Bring my Cara home.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Beach House
Tears filled her eyes. Seeing the mother and her young children brought back images that were both joyous and heartbreaking. The years had flown by too swiftly, slipping away like sand through her fingers. She lifted her chin and wiped away the tear from her cheek. The vast blue ahead stretched out seemingly to infinity. This was no time for tears, she chided herself. She was old enough to know that life, like the sea, didn't always play fair. Yet she'd always believed that if she played by the rules, if she persevered, one day she'd have time enough to... To do what? she asked herself, shaken.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Beach House
Stop what you're doing and observe your children! Lovie wanted to say to the young mother. Quick, set aside your chores and turn your head. See how they laugh with such abandon? Only the very young can laugh like that. Look how they are giving you clues to who they are. Treasure these moments! Savor them. For they will disappear as quickly as the setting sun. And then, before you know it, you will be like me-an old woman, alone and willing to trade anything and everything for one soft evening such as this with her babies once again.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ Beach House for Rent
What had Van Gogh said? I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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Mary Alice Monroe _ The Four Seasons
I can't change the past. I can't take the hurt back. But I can soften it if I can just learn how to accept it.
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