" It wasn’t until he left the room that she flopped back against the couch and giggled like a teenage girl. So what if she had a gray hair? So what if her back got sore and she had hot flashes once in a while? She’d had a great life, but maybe things didn’t have to be the same as they’d always been for it to continue being great. "

― Denise Grover Swank , Finding Home (Bluebird Bay, #2)