She surveyed the undergrowth and focused on a cluster of fern fronds curled tightly against the new life they had been given. She often wondered why the fern’s new existence was so firmly wound up. But she questioned their response no longer. Oaklee felt every muscle in her body want to curl up in self-protection, to comfort the pain, anger, and fear.

~ Jesikah Sundin

Jesikah Sundin Anger Elements Fear Ferns Pain Self Protection The Biodome Chronicles Willow

... the world can give you these glimpses as well as fairy tales can--the smell of rain, the dazzle of sun on white clapboard with the shadows of ferns and wash on the line, the wildness of a winter storm when in the house the flame of a candle doesn't even flicker.

~ Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner Candle Clapboard Dazzle Fairy Tales Ferns Flicker Smell Of Rain Sun Winter Storm