Heather Gudenkauf Quotes & Sayings

We're always one breath away from something, living or dying, sometimes it just can't be helped. — Heather Gudenkauf

But you know all about that, being sorry and having no words to say something when you know you should but you just can't — Heather Gudenkauf

always asks how her nursing classes — Heather Gudenkauf

I realize then, what my mother already knows - has known for a long time. Motherhood is a procession of goodbyes. Some bittersweet and filled with promise and hope, some gradual, a gentle prying away of your fingers from something precious, some more violent, unexpected. — Heather Gudenkauf

Every five-year-old kid should have a pair of happy pajamas. (217) — Heather Gudenkauf

You don't ever want to corner something meaner than you. — Heather Gudenkauf

That's the wonderful thing about the human heart, there's room enough for all kinds of love. — Heather Gudenkauf

Who you choose to walk with through life will be the most important decision that you will ever, ever make. You will have your children and you will love them because they are yours and because they will be wonderful. Just like you ... But who you marry is a choice. The man you choose should make you happy, encourage you in following your dreams, big ones and little ones. — Heather Gudenkauf

The worst kind of hurt was the kind that wasn't there yet, but you knew was slowly creeping toward you. — Heather Gudenkauf

You were a wish that we made every morning when we woke up and a prayer we said before we went to bed each night, — Heather Gudenkauf

You have to look for the little mercies, the small kindnesses and good that come from the terrible. — Heather Gudenkauf

Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away. — Heather Gudenkauf

Sleeping in Eden is intense and absorbing from the very first page. Written in lovely prose, two seemingly different storylines collide in a shocking conclusion. — Heather Gudenkauf

The easiest way to save face, is to keep the lower half shut. — Heather Gudenkauf

People say that being a mother is the most important job you will ever have. And it is very important. But it is even more important, I believe, to be a wife, a good wife. — Heather Gudenkauf