4 Quotes & Sayings By Deborah Wheeler

Deborah Wheeler has been a writer, editor and publishing professional for more than thirty years. She married her husband, Jim Wheeler, in 2004 and they have a son, John Troy, who is a doctor in New Mexico. Deborah has written numerous books with co-authors including her most recent book "Nurturing the Soul of a Child" published by Paulist Press.

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He stared at Esmelda with a face like glass, nothing hidden. What I saw there wasn’t steel or fire or stone. Feelings stirred in me and I had to look away. I knew what I saw because I’d felt them, too – understanding, sadness, compassion...forgiveness. Deborah Wheeler
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Stung, I lifted my eyes to his and saw them as if for the first time. Eyes the color of rain, soft as dew and strong enough to etch a mountainside. Tears shimmered there – tears, ay Mother! Or maybe they were in my own eyes. Deborah Wheeler
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It was past dark when I reached the city and I’d mostly shoved my ghosts back into their graves. I let the gray mare pick her own pace and browse in the grain fields along the way. Deborah Wheeler