Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become our mothers.

— Peggy Toney Horton

Ah, Lovely October, as you usher in the season that awakens my soul, your awesome beauty compels my spirit to soar like a leaf caught in an autumn breeze and my heart to sing like a heavenly choir.

— Peggy Toney Horton

As I drift through the autumn of my life like a fallen leaf blown about by the winds of time, I sometimes ponder my destiny.

— Peggy Toney Horton

As the last curtain falls on a spent year, a new year pirouettes to center stage with the elegance and charm of a prime ballerina – and delivers the promise of peace, hope, love and joy.

— Peggy Toney Horton

As the year comes to a close, it is a time for reflection – a time to release old thoughts and beliefs and forgive old hurts. Whatever has happened in the past year, the New Year brings fresh beginnings. Exciting new experiences and relationships await. Let us be thankful for the blessings of the past and the promise of the future.

— Peggy Toney Horton

At Christmastime, whenever I feel overwhelmed and a little out of sorts, all I have to do is think of my father and the things he'd be doing if he were here – and I smile.

— Peggy Toney Horton

Each New Year, we have before us a brand-new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year—the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.

— Peggy Toney Horton

Even in death, my mother smiled—and she had every reason to do so, for I had become precisely what she hoped I would—her mirror image.

— Peggy Toney Horton

God always provides a pleasant memory to help ease the pain of a bad experience.

— Peggy Toney Horton

I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God!

— Peggy Toney Horton