"When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you."

- Shannon Alder

"Second chances are not given to make things right, but to prove that we could be better even after we fall."

- Shannon Alder

"There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone."

- Shannon Alder

"Time doesn’t heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them."

- Shannon Alder

""I am not a perfect person by any means. I am far from it. But I try to live my life so that I would be proud of my children if they turned out just like me.""

- Shannon Alder