Love. In time you’ll know joy again. Joy? I wanted to argue with him. It didn’t seem likely or even possible. One doesn’t heal from this kind of pain. I remembered how my family and friends had strugg...
Him. The happiness she felt was still new to her and it actually frightened her a little.
Yet life continues to move forward, and so have I, dragging from one day into the next until I found I could breathe normally.
Yes, he said, and then surprised her by gripping both
Once she had her mind set on something she became an unstoppable force, forging ahead.
My rescue dog, but who had rescued whom? Rover was my constant companion, and as Grace had so recently suggested, he was my comfort dog.
My father used to say that someone who used foul language was someone who needed to study vocabulary because there were more civilized ways to get one’s point across.
Justine refused to risk the pain that real closeness could bring. She’d been with her twin brother when he died, and the love she felt for him had turned into agony. Caught up in her own grief, Olivia...
I believe that our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there's a gain. Sometimes we're so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.
Words, you want me to get an abortion.
Heart softened at the thought of those
When you are truly passionate about something that God has designed for you to do; things unexplainably click. You experience a profound sense of joy in what you do. It feels natural and it completes...
Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.
Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.
State, making the trip there and back in a single day was bound to be exhausting. Even now she was
One of the saddest things in life is to die with the music still inside us. There’s tremendous talent in Peter that has been long denied. When I knew him, he was one of the most promising artists in c...
By-product of her pain. After I was released
Your mama did. We sat
There are consequences in owning an alley cat, Mr. Walker. Even one named Dog. Lacey knew how pious she sounded. Lines of righteousness creased her face as she let herself out.
The streets of Bethlehem must have been crowded and bustling with activity at the time of that first Christmas. I can see it all now, can’t you? A rug dealer is held up by a shepherd driving his flock...