Right before I gave birth, someone said to me, “the love of your life is inbound,� and they couldn’t have been more correct.


“Choosing to love—despite all the ways that people let you down, and disappear, and break your heart. Knowing everything we know about how hard life is and choosing to love, anyway.. That’s not weakness, that’s courage.”
― Things You Save in a Fire
― Things You Save in a Fire

“Life is a series of decisions and reactions. It is the things you do and the things that are done to you.
And then it's over.”
― Before the Fall
And then it's over.”
― Before the Fall

“Not knowing why is, itself, a profound type of suffering.”
― Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
― Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

“Everyone is from someplace. We all have stories, our lives unfolding along crooked lines, colliding in unexpected ways.”
― Before the Fall
― Before the Fall

“Great meals rarely start at points that all look like beginnings. They usually pick up where something else leaves off. This is how most of the best things are made - imagine if the world had to begin from scratch each dawn: a tree would never grow, nor would we ever get to see the etchings of gentle rings on a clamshell... Meals' ingredients must be allowed to topple into one another like dominos. Broccoli stems, their florets perfectly boiled in salty water, must be simmered with olive oil and eaten with shaved Parmesan on toast; their leftover cooking liquid kept for the base for soup, studded with other vegetables, drizzled with good olive oil, with the rind of the Parmesan added for heartiness. This continuity is the heart and soul of cooking.”
― An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
― An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace

A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
Kendra’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Kendra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends�
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Kendra
Lists liked by Kendra