Quotes from Almost Home

“Almost.
It’s a big word for me.
I feel it everywhere.
Almost home.
Almost happy.
Almost changed.
Almost, but not quite.
Not yet.
Soon, maybe.
I’m hoping hard for that.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“Almost Home
by Sugar Mae Cole

Home isn’t always a place you picture in your mind
With furniture and cookies and music playing and people laughing.
Home is something you can carry around like a dream
And let it grow in your heart until you’re ready for it.
Losing things helps you appreciate when you find them again
And finding things gives you hope that when you lose things
It might not be forever.
Once, long ago, a girl lost her home, but she didn’t lose her dream.
She hung on to it as the wind kept trying to blow it away,
But that just made it stronger.
So now she has keys and walls of many colors
And people around her who think she’s something.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“You know what it's like to move from being happy to being not? It's like swinging as high as you can and someone stops you as you come back down.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“sometimes a kid has to act older than they are”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“I'm working hard to have a good life.
You don't need fancy things to feel good.
You can hug a puppy.
You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color.
You can plant a flower and watch it grow.
You can decide to trust people, the right people.
You can decide to start over and let other people start over, too.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color. You can plant a flower and watch it grow. You can decide to trust people - the right people. You can decide to start over and let other people start over too" -Sugar Mae Cole”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“You're going to fall down in this life—everybody dies. But you be the kind of person who doesn't stay down for long. Get back on your feet and keep going no matter what.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“but Reba taught me to be grateful no matter what. I looked up at the blue sky.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“Almost. It's a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite... Soon, maybe.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“It's not fair, but sometimes a kid has to act older than their age. You just pray hard to know what to do.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

“It’s a pretty day, huh?” Meesha glared at me.”
― Joan Bauer, quote from Almost Home

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