Have you ever chased a butterfly and the closer you got to it the further away it moved? Did it feel as if it slipped through your fingers right at the moment you just knew you caught it? Has joy ever felt like this to you? You felt like you had it in your hands […]
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Shame needs three things to grow exponentially in our lives: Secrecy, silence and judgement Brene Brown Have you ever been wrapped in shame? I have. Some of it was placed there by others and some, I put on me. Self-inflicted shame takes a bad decision or situation and attempts to convince you that you are
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Every dream wrapped up in those wadded tissues. The reservoir of hope was at dangerously low levels. Tears fell as she held the phone in her hand. Please Lord, let him be ok. Trying to disguise her sadness and choked-up responses as she spoke to her son. A Mother’s heart aching for her son to
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The Father gazes into the eyes of his child as she climbs up into his lap. He cups her face in the palm of his scarred up hands with holes and says, Do you know how much I love you? So, so much. His love swallows up everything else. The pain, the regret. Thoughts of
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I was cold. Shivering cold. You know, the kind of cold no matter how many layers you put on you can’t shake it. And then, I thought I should look within the chill of my heart. Underneath my painted on smile and telling myself, “You’re good.” I peeled back the calloused state of my heart
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