the world expanded by one, and my heart is busting at the seams

...it's the thing that sometimes happens between two people who bring each other so completely out of the mundane into this magical and other worldly place.

~Galt Niederhoffer

I find myself at a place where I, again, have to be gaping open and hurt to know healing. To feel the grace.

I am despearte for Him, but don't want to be. I want it to be easy. I don't want to hurt. I want to understand and have answers. I want to be right. I want to have what I want.

Why do I return to this place? When, I know this, I've been here before, He will make it right. He will take care of me.

But it's broken. I'm broken. My heart is broken.

So I'll be desperate, and once again, He will break my fall.

In the end, I hope I have a whole jar full of broken hearts. Just think of all the love it would take to collect them!

she requires a steady diet of faith and fancy with a little mischief here and there for good measure
~ Leigh Standley

When I die, I hope someone will say "She looked good in blue."

*please do note, this is a happy thought*

And you hang a wind chime outside your window so you can listen to the wind. And you make it a point to keep smiling, keep trusting, and stay open to every wonderful possibility.

Finally, with courage in your heart and with God by your side you take a stand, you take a deep breath and you begin to design the life you want to live as best you can.

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