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1 " I wanted time for my heart to heal and for my head to wrap itself around these major life changes. "
― Debbie Macomber , A Girl's Guide to Moving On (New Beginnings, #2)
2 " Don't make assumptions. Ask and let me explain. Don't decide what you think I feel. "
3 " I could have walked out at any time. I'm the one who turned a bind eye. I'm the one who chose to die a little with every one of his affairs, so no, bottom line: I choose not to hate him, If I have any anger, its directed at myself. I don't know why I waited so long to take care of myself emotionally and spiritually. "
4 " My father used to say that someone who used foul language was someone who needed to study vocabulary because there were more civilized ways to get one’s point across. "
5 " Just being in his arms was like heaven; it felt like I was coming home. "
6 " I wondered if he thought of me or if he'd put me out of his heart as effectively as he'd put me out of his life. "
7 " It was the kind of kiss that had the power to melt the panties right off a girl. "
8 " working together instead of against each other is a win-win. "
9 " deep sense of loss and failure. We were each letting go of a dream, of our expectations of what it meant to be a wife, and striking out on our own for the first time. "
10 " Guide to Moving On. The first item on that list was: Don’t allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others. "
11 " Rule #2, Cultivate New Friendships. "
12 " At times he could be charming and gracious, which was what had made it so hard to leave him. His ability to be tender and loving was equal to his capacity to be deceptive and underhanded. He could rip out my heart and then be the first one to pick it up and hand it back to me. "
13 " I'm being very selfish with myself right now. Taking care of me, feeding my own soul. "
14 " Once she had her mind set on something she became an unstoppable force, forging ahead. "
15 " Don’t allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others. "
16 " The pastor made a funny comment. He said that when he taught marriage classes most of those attending took naps. It was the divorce classes where everyone took notes. "
17 " You’re beautiful.” And I meant it. "
18 " We were very different people outwardly but we shared the same core values and beliefs. "
19 " A Guide To Moving On:1) Don't allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others. 2) Cultivate new friendships. 3) Let go in order to receive. 4) Love yourself. (Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising - taking care of myself emotionally and physically. It meant taking care of myself spiritually, too.) "
20 " Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising—taking care of myself emotionally and physically. "