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1 " To anyone who has ever been so focused on a goal that they’ve forgotten to stop, take a breath, and embrace the moment that’s happening right now. The best moments are usually unplanned. Never be too busy to experience them. "
― Nancy Naigle , Barbecue and Bad News (Adams Grove, #6)
2 " You can’t let the past drive your future. "
3 " People can so easily get caught up in the hurried day-to-day, what-ifs, and have-to-dos that they lose all perspective and forget to live. "
4 " It’s impossible to realize how quickly life can change until it does. "
5 " She’d give her right arm to get the whole story on each of the summarized events. Most of them were worded in a way that left a lot open to interpretation. She wondered if the vague nature of the content was on purpose. Did they mean to make it funny? 6/5 5:15 p.m. A grandson is continually breaking into his grandfather’s locked cabinet and stealing his quarters for the laundry. 6/6 9:36 a.m. A fireman’s ladder was reported stolen from the side of a house on Magnolia Street. 6/6 12:49 p.m. A dog was seen panting inside of a red Toyota in front of the Piggly Wiggly. It may be suffering. Turned out to be the taxidermy remains of the family pet. "
6 " 6/7 9:57 a.m. Mac’s Bakery received two threats from an unknown female for making her fat with their bear claws. "
7 " phone whistled. "
8 " phone whistled. That was the sound she used for texts from Aunt Cathy. Like a cuckoo bird, which seemed fitting. Momma used to say Aunt Cathy was plumb crazy. Her momma would always follow it up with—“but the good kind.” Was there really a good kind of crazy? "
9 " Funny how in her mind everyone had stayed exactly the same as they were the day she’d left town . . . well, even younger than that, in a way. "
10 " although his commitment and achievements were different, they were surely not any less valuable. "
11 " Oh, my gosh.” Savannah started toward the kitchen. The whole wall was covered in enlarged copies of the pictures they’d taken of the murals downstairs, and dotted with colorful sticky notes indicating every little detail they knew so far. “This is genius.” “I know, right?” Jenn handed a marker to Savannah, and one to Brooke. “It’s like our own game of Clue.” “Or an episode of Castle,” Savannah said. “Isn’t that guy adorable?” Brooke said. “Totally. I love Rick Castle’s boyish charm on that show,” Savannah said. “And we were so happy when him and Beckett got together, "
