I am currently reading a book called Cold Tangerines. It's written by Shauna Niequist and it is the most wonderful book that I have ever had the pleasure of holding in my hands. I wish I could begin to describe to you in words what is so amazing about this book, but nothing I could type would ever do it justice. Cold Tangerines is meant to help people see the extraordinary miracles of everyday life that are so often looked over. One of my strongest beliefs is that everything happens for a reason and even the most seemingly tragic event will somehow be reborn into a miracle. Shauna encompasses this idea better than I could have imagined through her beautiful short stories. This book will change your life.
"I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift." -Shauna Niequist
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