An Inspiration Story of An Americal Life

I just finished an inspiration book. I'm silenced in admiration, actually.

I bought the biography to learn the author's life story, to hear a story of someone that appeared to have been dragged through a muddied political battle. I believe that the author did a fabulous job of describing their account of their situation, with excerpts about their strong political beliefs.

I am not a person that likes to have political jargon stuffed down my throat. I mean, who does? But I didn't feel talked to, or even berated if I disagreed, throughout this book. I disagreed with some of the author's stances, but the opinions were respectively described. Not cheered or shouted.

There were times during my book reading that either had me laughing, left me in awe, or even brought a tear to my eye.

Here are a few quotes that I don't want to forget, and probably won't:

"Her bluntness shocked me. I felt sick and hollow, and burst into tears. 'You have a couple of choices about getting rid of it,' (the nurse) said.
'It.' That's what she called our baby, whom we'd be calling Tad for three months...
I was stunned and felt so very empty. It was my first taste of close personal tragedy, the kind that rocks a relatively untested faith... As my mom had warned me years before, everyone goes through trials... A miscarriage is often dismissed as something a woman needs to shake off quickly, but it's impossible to explain the devastation and loss unless you've experienced it."

"The place came with a personal chef, but I unbudgeted the position... I also trimmed the state food budget by keeping our home's freezer stocked with the wild seafood we caught ourselves, as well as organic protein sources... If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?"

"'In politics, you're either eating well or sleeping well.' I wanted to sleep well."

And after she left the political limelight:

"Or, as my dad later put it, '(She's) not retreating, she's reloading.'"

A quote from another local author: "And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off."