Quotes from Kimberla Lawson Roby

her with a whole lot more than that, and the beautiful son or daughter they would have would experience a much better childhood than she had—a son or daughter Serena would need to have very soon, because her biological clock was now ticking pretty loudly.

Although, she couldn't deny that whenever one of her three best friends, Michelle, Kenya, or Lynette, brought up the subject of marriage, she pretended that marriage couldn't have been further from her mind.

Because she didn't want any of them to know just how unhappy she was being single. Especially since Serena knew a good number of women who preferred being single and that many of them were happily living their lives to the fullest.

about how much she wanted to be married: all three of them thought her standards were set way too high and that, on far too many occasions, she had overlooked some of the kindest, caring, and most respectable men around. Men who had been very interested in Serena, yet Serena had still either turned them down the very

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every

morning, great is thy faithfulness

Are you living the life God has designed for you, or are you living someone else's?

There are so many times when many of us have found ourselves living a tremendous lie when we could be living a tremendous life.

Because, Mom, I'm really proud of you for finally standing up for yourself and ending things with Daddy.

But then just under one year ago—on their sixteenth wedding anniversary, no less—Julian had arrived home, strolled into their first-floor master bedroom suite, just as nonchalant as he pleased, and announced that he was leaving her for another woman.