“She wrote to her mother, ‘I find that faith is more vigorously exercised when I can find no satisfying explanation for the way God does things. I have to hope, without any evidence seen, that things will come right in the end–not merely that we shall receive compensation, but that we and all creation will be redeemed. This means infinitely more than the good will eventually outweigh the evil.’”
— Ellen Vaughn, quoting Elisabeth Elliot in Becoming Elisabeth Elliot (via thou-mine-inheritance-quotes)
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People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes. The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it’s like missing water. Every day, you notice the person’s absence more.
Anne Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups (via quotespile)
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Please Forgive Me
Please forgive me-- I am not myself.
Grief has left me shattered.
No smiles, no laughter deck these halls.
We are left with the hereafter.
My heart had built him pyramids.
He was my sun, my laughter.
My joy until my dying day.
How can there be an after?
Please forgive me -- I am not myself.
What a world I have discovered.
Innocence passed your dying day.
I am left with the hereafter.
Sweet boy, my darling, I loved you so.
My joy in the disaster.
Life’s faded now and you are gone.
I’ll meet you in the after.
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Today, we light candles to remember the babies that passed too soon. I remember my son who passed away in my arms after six sweet weeks in this world and the babies who passed in my womb before him.
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[Writers] change their minds about their own worth and talent somewhere between two and seven hundred times a day.
Nick Hornby, NaNoWriMo pep talk (via inspowrimo)
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For Noah, my sweet child
Grief swallows us up whole
He becomes our only companion
What a joy it was to be known
What a pain at our parting.
Darling, you fly like a weightless balloon
Up beyond the horizon.
Out of our hands, but still in our view
The memories make the pain lighter.
Remember me, darling, when you see the balloons
Hitting heavenly horizons
What a joy to be loved by you
and - Oh - the pain of our parting.
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“Lord, make me a rainbow/ I’ll shine down on my mother / She’ll know I’m safe with you as she stands under my colors / Life ain’t always what you think it ought to be / Ain’t even grey, but she buries her baby” - The Band Perry
Thankful for my heavenly rainbow baby. I miss you, sweet boy. You will always be my rainbow.
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Three: I’m very laid back. I only care about two things: every person on Earth and their opinion of me, and the crushing psychological weight of being alive.
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We're in the bad place, and you can't convince me otherwise
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*dies*
( image is of elsa from Frozen making a ‘cringe’ face. It is in meme format.
top text: one does not simply
bottom text: let it go )
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Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.
(via purplebuddhaquotes)
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