Since last Friday, life looks different. It’s more fragile; it’s more sacred. Since last Friday, it’s become a gift to hold a hand. Since last Friday, I’ve seen a person’s most valuable possessions fit inside a small, wooden box. The items inside are not of monetary value, but sentimentally, they are priceless. Since last Friday, I witnessed a 13-year-old girl eagerly…
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“I hope that I see the world as you did cause I know A life with love is a life that’s been lived.” –Ed Sheeran, Supermarket Flowers On Sunday night, I celebrated Only Love Today’s entrance to the world. Friends and family gathered to eat, drink, laugh, and cry with me. As I was getting ready for guests to arrive,…
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“Once I knew the depth of where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of things. Then love came and set my soul free.” – Helen Keller Forever engrained in my mind will be a scream so maniacal, so ear-piercing, so desperate that my older daughter ran and put her arms around her baby sister. They were afraid ……
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Once I reached fifth grade, I was allowed to walk home from school by myself. I could have waited for my dad to finish up at work, but I chose to walk two miles so I could be home sooner. I’d use my key to turn the door. The best feeling was shutting the door behind me. I’d actually lean…
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As a special education teacher for children with behavior problems, lists were my claim to fame. Individually created for each of my students was a short list of daily tasks or desired behaviors he or she would check off or document with a smiley face. The list (or chart) would be made within days of the student qualifying for special education…
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My older daughter pushed the nursing home elevator button while gripping the cat carrier with her opposite hand. Inside was the cat she picked from a litter of foster kittens and said, “I am supposed to have this one, Mom. I just know it.” “But I promised your dad we wouldn’t ask to adopt any of the kittens we fostered,”…
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What would love do? I ask myself as I look in the mirror and start picking myself apart. Love would look past the... fb.me/x1ZA2TDF
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