loss

Genuine inner joy makes us stronger and creates resilience. It keeps us moving forward, makes space for grief, so we don't get stuck there.…

You can't be down for long when you are surrounded by children smiling their merry crooked smiles at you. We all get a twinkle in our eye when children are truly happy.…

Our good things list overflows in the fall with visiting family, chilly days, and all the colors. I don't have to try to get through it, I just flow into it's rhythm.…

I need to get back to the meat of the story, the heart of the pain. I need to refocus and figure out what I want to say.…

For the most part back then, I was running on a foundation of prayer, strength, and resilience. However, eventually strength wanes, resilience is overtaken. So what do we do then?…

Iron sharpening iron does not mean hitting someone in pain upside the head with your supposed knowledge of how they are wrong. …

Hanging our lives on the line in bright sun reveals our darkest truths, our greatest failures, and our most interesting moments.…

After months of struggle, something inside let go of the melanacholy that came with losing someone and it softened.…

It is the way I cope, the way I rejoice, emote, organize, entertain, share, love, create, teach and learn.…

Gratitude and faith are the keys to accepting rivers and fountains.…