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Triumphant Suffering

Almost, without exception, the most beautiful people I have met are the ones who suffer triumphantly. Pummeled by unbearable pain, they have every reason to give up and sit in the rubble of their despair, but something in them compels them to rise up and take the next courageous step. They stay on the front lines of battle, refusing to run, hide, numb or become bitter, and turn toward the storms of life to fight more fiercely until beauty is squeezed out of suffering. The

Days When You Wake Up Sad

Ever have one of those days and you just get out of bed sad. The sun is streaming through the window, the air is fresh, the birds are singing, but for whatever reason, your insides don’t match the beauty of the morning. Today was one of those days. My eyes no sooner opened than I realized today would be a dark day. In spite of my emotions convincing me to stay in bed and just let this day go by, I pushed them aside. Sometimes I listen to their clamouring and other times

Remembering Zach

It 's hard for my heart to compute that Zach left this earth six years ago. For six years, I have not heard his belly laugh, inviting the rest of us into his world of joy. I haven't anticipated his enthusiastic burst through the door after school, exploding with stories to share. I have missed his quirky stories, random facts about life, incessant talking, goodnight prayers, and even his 6:00 am wake up calls, assuming the rest of us were as enthusiastic to begin the day a

Mumford and Sons, William Shakespeare and Remedies For the Brokenhearted.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare I am always reading about grief-to help others, to help myself, to learn what it means to truly grieve and step into it bravely and not cower away. Someone recently commented after watching a TV interview about In the Cleft that I am grieving too much. Yes, I thought, you are right-most definitely you are right. I am grieving too much. But, I’m health

My Boy Would Have Been 18

Each year, you would think it would get easier, but it doesn't. Zach's birthday is always so hard. We are remembering him today by going to Montanas for ribs and then watching Natcho Libre starring Jack Black, two of Zach's favourite things to do. I woke up this morning to a homemade card from Doug, with Legos glued all over it. At the top were the words, "Heaven's Master Builder." Zach lived to build Lego creations, so Doug's token of love meant the world to me. My bes