5 Quotes by Steena Holmes

My own mental well-being is a noose resting on the curve of my breastbone, just waiting for some traumatic event to force the rope taut. But maybe it doesn’t have to be some life-altering event that pulls me under the tide, but rather something minor, insignificant, like a pebble thrown into the ocean of life.

How do you say goodbye to someone you barely know?

That had been five years ago. He thought about the Ferris wheel. Going up so high you could see straight across town and halfway across the lake. His stomach turned at the thought of going up so high. Seems the older he got, the more he liked his feet on the ground.

The most beautiful of flowers grow out of the darkest of moments.

Except no one can ever understand cancer. I learned that with Gertie. Cancer is a nasty disease.