THE THIRD DOSE OF pain meds wore off around one in the morning. They must have, because that’s when Tyler sat straight up and slammed his hand over his mouth so he wouldn’t scream out loud. The pain s...
Sometimes God’s voice is hard to hear over the world.
Somehow dying was like that. A sense of nervousness and finality and sorrow because for a season, they wouldn’t be together.
So … what’s your secret? Being happily married so long?
She’s one
She liked thinking that people in heaven had a window to earth, a way to see what they needed to pray about, but through the tearless veil of heaven’s understanding.
She felt the loss, much as he must’ve been feeling it. There would be no friendship forged, no chance at love. The canyon between their worlds had proved greater than any bridge that might’ve spanned...
Proof that life would go on — no matter what devastating news had come into their lives that week.
Prayer makes a difference.
People fell. They sinned and made mistakes and acted out crazy decisions that went against everything they knew to be true. And even then there was room for redemption.
Over the years, their visits and conversations happened less frequently, but that never mattered. They had he sort of friendship that withstood time.
Not all first loves were forever loves.
My family and my faith are everything to me.
Love never had enough time, but what time was left, he would savor. Every single second.
Love is not possible without sacrifice, and sacrifice is not possible without love.
Love always involves fear. There are no guarantees about tomorrow for any of us. But in the meantime, while we’re waiting for answers … while we’re wondering what’s at the end of this road … I want to...
Like old friends from a thousand wonderful moments, the memories gathered.
Life only comes at us one day at a time. That’s where we need to let God meet us.
Life can be very complicated.
It would almost be easier to never see her again tan to look into her eyes and know she'd left her love for him somewhere in the past.