Quotes

Look, I didn’t make this list, so you can’t be mad at me for the poor grammar. Yes I know this is a verb. Yes I know quotations is the noun (unless we’re referring to how much the car repairs are), but we’re doing a gratitude listical and we’re not going to be pedantic about it, okay? Okay. [This is what it looks like when I lecture myself.]

I am so grateful that Bryan had some fantastic phrases that I find myself repeating all the time. It keeps his spirit alive and close to me and to those who love him most. “Be here now.” “Do the next right thing.” “Never argue with success.” And while he never claimed this one, he used it a lot and I LOVE IT–“If ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we’d all have a happy Christmas.” So many were situationally specific that I can’t think of them all off hand.

Fun little story, when Bryan and I first started dating he had a big cat-track ski trip scheduled with a few of his best guy buds up to Canada. I wrote notes that had little quotations on each one–one for each day he was gone. I bet you didn’t know just how much of a romantic Mr. Lubbers was. He kept those in his boot bag ever since. I am very grateful for quotations. 🙂